Question

A little girl in a story by this author taunts two classmates for their father being in prison and ostracizes them for wearing clothes made out of a tablecloth and curtains. In a story by this author, two women stand together “caught in that circle of unearthly light, understanding each other perfectly,” with metaphorical “silver flowers” dropping (-5[1])from their hair and hands. Else whispers “I seen the little lamp” after Kezia lets her see the title object in her backyard (10[2])at the end of a story by (10[1])this author about the old Mrs. Hay’s gift to the Burnell family. (10[1])Eddie (10[1])claims “Tomato soup (10[1])is so dreadfully (10[2])eternal” (10[1])in a story by this (10[1])author that ends with the protagonist seeing her husband in a (10[1])secret embrace (10[1])with a woman with whom she had earlier gazed at a pear tree. For 10 points, name this (10[1])author of “The Doll’s House” (-5[1])who wrote about Bertha Young’s realization (10[1])her husband is having an affair (10[1])with Pearl Fulton (10[2])in her story “Bliss.” (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Katherine Mansfield [or Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp; or Kathleen Mansfield Murry]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y21100%0%10%126.71

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Darren PetrosinoRutgers AChicago A56-5
Tim MorrisonStanford AGeorgia Tech B7910
Raymond WangCornell AUC Berkeley A7910
Ricky LiMIT AFlorida B8610
Clark SmithOhio State ARutgers B9810
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota APenn A9910
Mitch McCullarIllinois APenn State A10210
Karsten RynearsonYale BColumbia B10510
Raymond ChenToronto ASouth Carolina A10510
Rosa XiaCornell BMinnesota B10610
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AIndiana A11110
Daniel SheinbergYale AWUSTL B12210
Kevin ParkClaremont ABrown A12410
Connor MayersMaryland AHouston A14210
Simon GorbatyDuke AGeorgia Tech A147-5
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech ADuke A15310
Enoch YuenImperial AIowa State A15910
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AHarvard A16210
Noah SheidlowerColumbia AMcGill A16210
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins ANorth Carolina A16610
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AFlorida A16710
Connor BlakeChicago CMichigan A16710
Matt JacksonChicago ARutgers A16710