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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]-5[1])This author of Salammbô wrote a novel about a woman who first met her husband when he came to treat her father’s broken leg, but later regrets marrying him. That novel by this (10[1])non-English author faced an obscenity trial (10[1])for the title character’s (-5[1])affairs with Rodolphe and Léon, and ends with her poisoning herself with arsenic. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this author (10[1])of Madame Bovary. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Gustave Flaubert (“floh-BEAR”)
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