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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. (-5[1])In another novel by this author, Homais pressures a doctor (-5[1])to perform a botched clubfoot surgery. (10[1])This author of Salammbô wrote a novel about a woman (-5[1])who first met her husband when he came to treat her father’s broken leg, but later regrets marrying him. That novel by this (-5[1])non-English author faced an obscenity trial for the title character’s affairs with Rodolphe and Léon, and ends with her poisoning herself with arsenic. For 10 points, name this author of (10[1])Madame Bovary. ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Gustave Flaubert (“floh-BEAR”)
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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY875%0%50%104.50
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%33%102.80
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1090%0%30%100.44
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY888%0%0%91.71
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY786%0%14%94.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY10100%0%30%94.70

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