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The secretary of an American-born author has a lesbian affair with the secretary of this author in Cynthia Ozick’s story “Dictation.” In a story by this author, a nearby explosion launches the narrator in a parabolic arc before he is helped by the ship Sommerville, which causes another fire. The protagonist of a story by this author rescues his “second self,” a man who had strangled a crewmate during a storm. This author’s (10[1])novel Chance is narrated by the same character who narrates the story (10[1])“Youth” and a novel partly set in Patusan. (10[1])In a novella by this author of “The Secret Sharer,” the narrator (10[2])sits aboard the Nellie (10[2])and recounts the time when he searched for Kurtz in the Congo. (10[1])For 10 points, Charles Marlow narrates what author’s novels (10[1])Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness? ■END■

ANSWER: Joseph Conrad [or Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski] (The American-born author in Ozick’s story is Henry James.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)7210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)8410
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)9210
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)10410
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)10410
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)10810
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)10810
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)Virginia B (UG)12010
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)12910

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