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In a novel by this author, a teacher suddenly pulls Rogue Riderhood into a river’s lock, drowning both of them. The opening paragraph of a novel by this author describes so much mud that it would be unsurprising to see a “Megalosaurus waddling” around. A novel by this author opens with the discovery of a drowned corpse thought to be John Harmon. (-5[2])In a novel by this author, (15[1])the alias “Nemo” is used by Captain (-5[1])Hawdon, (-5[1])at whose grave Lady (-5[1])(*) Dedlock dies. (-5[1])A novel by this author of Our Mutual Friend follows Esther Summerson and the court case Jarndyce v. Jarndyce. The title character (10[1])of a novel by this author marries Agnes Wickfield after helping thwart the villainous Uriah Heep. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this (10[1])author of the novels Bleak House (10[1])and David Copperfield. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Charles Dickens [or Charles John Huffam Dickens]
<MM, British Literature>
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