Question

A character in this novel claims that his only “trouble was innocence,” providing the “definition of innocence” used by Cleanth Brooks in one of his essays about this novel. After being barred off from a large house, a boy in this novel vows that none of his children will ever be turned away from a door. A character in this novel uses hunting dogs to chase away the unnamed French architect of his (*) mansion, to which his son exiles himself after shooting his mixed-race half-brother. In this novel, two characters visit the “Hundred,” a former plantation where Henry and Clytie still reside. A character in this novel asks, (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Absalom, Absalom!
<Darren Petrosino, American Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustYes, Moderator10710
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteTabearnacle11310
Michael KohnFoucoult's Penndulum3HK1MM11310
Paul SteeplesOld London TownBroken Hearts1430
Daoud JacksonBroken HeartsOld London Town1430

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y367%0%33%108.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y786%0%14%87.83
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%113.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y367%0%33%135.50
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y475%0%0%111.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y475%25%25%102.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%107.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y20%0%50%0.00