The Ladies of Grace Adieu - 2024 ACF Nationals

Question

In this book’s title story, Mrs. Field and Cassandra Parbinger cough up mouse bones, implying that they turned into owls to devour the villainous Captain Winbright. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this collection introduced by James Sutherland, a fictional professor of Sidhe (“shee”) Studies. Its stories are set in the same fairy-inhabited alternate history as its author’s earlier 2004 novel.

ANSWER: The Ladies of Grace Adieu [or The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories]

[10e] This magician visits his brother-in-law at Grace Adieu in the collection’s title story. This man and his teacher, Mr. Norrell, title a 2004 novel by Susanna Clarke.

ANSWER: Jonathan Strange [or Jonathan Strange; accept Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]

[10m] After being called a “London magician,” Strange tells the ladies of Grace Adieu he is from this place. A poem from a collection titled for this place states that “To-day the Roman and his trouble / are ashes under Uricon.”

ANSWER: Shropshire [accept A Shropshire Lad] (The poem is “On Wenlock Edge the wood’s in trouble” by A. E. Housman.)

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Summary


2024 ACF Nationals	2024-04-21	Y	20	10.50	75%	30%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Chicago D	10	0	10
Chicago A	Georgia Tech	10	10	20
McGill	Chicago C	10	0	10
Brown	Claremont Colleges	10	0	10
Virginia	Florida	10	0	10
Indiana	Berkeley B	10	0	10
Iowa State	Toronto A	10	0	10
Illinois	Minnesota A	10	0	10
NYU	Minnesota B	10	10	20
North Carolina B	Cornell A	10	0	10
Columbia A	Ottawa	0	0	0
Penn	Purdue	0	10	10
Rutgers	Chicago B	0	0	0
South Carolina	WUSTL B	0	0	0
Maryland	Stanford	10	0	10
Texas	Arizona State	10	0	10
Columbia B	Toronto B	10	10	20
Vanderbilt	Truman State	0	0	0
WUSTL A	Duke	10	10	20
Michigan	Waterloo	10	10	20