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In a novel by this author, a Catholic doctor names the title pious girl as an heir, but his will is destroyed by a postmaster. In a later novel, a teenager borrows that novel by this author in exchange for helping a man who lost his glasses, then copies it onto the inside of his jacket. This author partly titles a novel in which two boys borrow books from Four-Eyes at a reeducation camp, by Dài Sījié (“die sudge-YEH”). A foot emerges from the “dim, formless fog” of a painting by Frenhofer in this author’s story “The Unknown Masterpiece.” (10[1])This author wrote a novel centered on the Maison Vauquer’s (“voh-KAY’s”) boarders, including an old pasta maker whose daughters Anastasie and Delphine do not attend his funeral. The criminal Vautrin meets the law student Eugène de Rastignac in this author’s novel Père Goriot (“pair gohr-YO”). For 10 points, name this author of The Human Comedy. ■END■

ANSWER: Honoré de Balzac (The first line refers to Ursule Mirouët.)
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Oliver HargraveOxford ADurham A9610

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2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y2100%0%0%103.00
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