Question

At the end of a novel by this author, a woman puts her arms around a mysterious neighbor in a white dressing gown and pulls him onto her bed while saying, “Yes - yes - yes…” This author fell into obscurity until that novel was adapted into a radio play by Selma Vaz Dias. In another novel by this author, a girl runs out of her burning house towards her former friend, Tia, who throws a jagged (15[1])rock (-5[1])at her forehead, drawing blood. Enno abandons his wife (*) Sasha Jensen in this author’s 1939 novel (10[1])Good Morning, Midnight. Another novel (10[1])by this author concludes with a woman holding a candle, poised to burn down a house where she is confined to an upstairs room. In that novel, that woman’s husband insists on calling her “Bertha” instead of her true name, Antoinette Cosway. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of Wide Sargasso Sea. ■END■

ANSWER: Jean Rhys [or Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangHutto HipposRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang7615
Amogh KulkarniCornell C++What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU77-5
Owen RileyThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq9310
King VidorWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUCornell C++9810
Ash SeetharamanHouston and FriendsCornell B-14010

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%93.33
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%0%92.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%0%103.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%33%0%87.33
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%25%25%101.75
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%0%96.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%126.67