In this novel, a young girl wakes up in terror screaming “The spot! The spot!” after the protagonist reads her Macbeth. After this novel’s protagonist hurls a plate at the obnoxious host of a dinner party, a duel is reluctantly agreed to, but is called off when the host faints and skins his thumb. This novel ends with two friends reminiscing (15[1])about the “best time [they] ever had,” when they were laughed out of a brothel for nervously offering the women flowers. In a failed attempt to save his love from leaving for (*) Italy, this novel’s protagonist cajoles a twelve-thousand franc loan from a mistress. Near this novel’s end, after crying “Long live the Republic” during a protest, the shop worker Dussardier is murdered by Sénécal. This novel’s protagonist has affairs with Rosanette and Madame Dambreuse after falling in love with Madame Arnoux. For 10 points, name this novel about Frédéric Moreau by Gustave Flaubert. ■END■