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This novel’s protagonist disguises herself with a mask at a gambling house in Pumpernickel, Germany. The narrator of this novel asks “which of us is happy in this world?” before ending this novel’s frame story of a puppet show. (10[1])This novel opens with its protagonist throwing a copy of Johnson’s dictionary (10[1])out of a carriage. After George Osborne (10[1])dies at Waterloo in this novel, his widow Amelia Sedley dedicates her life to his memory. An “antiheroine” graduates from Miss Pinkerton’s Academy (10[1])in this novel, which takes its name from a location in Pilgrim’s Progress. For 10 points, name this novel about Becky Sharp by William Makepeace Thackeray. ■END■ (10[3])

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