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 (-5[1])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 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 with her poisoning herself with arsenic. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this author of Madame Bovary. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Gustave Flaubert (“floh-BEAR”)
<European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tai BelkeUBC AUBC B32-5
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyUW Greed5010
Simarya AhujaUW PrideUW Wrath106-5
Liam MarklandAlbertaUW Chastity11610
Haylee WeisnerUW LustUW Envy11610
Rosie ZhangUW WrathUW Pride11610
Florian ChiuUW SlothBoise State11610

Summary

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