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In one novel by this author, a general disguises a slave as his son to prevent him being sacrificed to Moloch, and the title priestess infiltrates an army camp to retrieve a stolen sacred veil. In another novel by this author, Homais pressures a doctor to perform a botched clubfoot surgery. (10[1])This author of Salammbô (-5[1])wrote a novel about a woman who first (10[1])met her husband when he came to treat her father’s broken leg, but later (10[1])regrets marrying him. That (-5[1])novel by this non-English author faced an (10[1])obscenity trial for the title character’s affairs with Rodolphe and Léon, and ends with her poisoning (10[1])herself with arsenic. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this author of Madame Bovary. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Gustave Flaubert (“floh-BEAR”)
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