Question

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

ANSWER: Gustave Flaubert (“floh-BEAR”)
<European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Rutgers A (UG)5010
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Bard A (UG)7710
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland B (DII)Lehigh A (UG)10010
Noa Schmueli (UG)Columbia BPenn B (DII)102-5
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Columbia J (DII)10510
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BLehigh B (DII)11610
Zachary Leblang (DII)Penn B (DII)Columbia B1160
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Rutgers B11610

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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