Question

This author’s wife, whose poem about the “End of the Century” may have inspired one of this author’s novels, is the subject of Wifedom by Anna Funder. A character created by this author, who may have been inspired by Sonia Brownell, is given the last name Worthing in a feminist retelling by Sandra Newman. In a novel by this author, (10[1])Rosemary Waterlow confesses she is pregnant to a man who works at the New Albion advertising agency while writing the long poem London Pleasures. This author of Keep (10[1])the Aspidistra (10[1])Flying (10[1])wrote a novel whose protagonist receives a note that says “I love you” from a woman he eventually (10[1])betrays while being tortured by (10[1])rats (10[1])in Room 101. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Julia and Winston Smith in the novel 1984. ■END■

ANSWER: George Orwell [or Eric Arthur Blair] (The first line refers to Eileen Blair, who wrote the poem “End of the Century, 1984.”)
<British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Olin BoseColumbia BRowan A5910
Mitch McCullarPenn State AJohns Hopkins A8710
Charles YoungColumbia APenn A8910
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard APenn B9010
Ethan FurmanHaverford AJohns Hopkins B10810
Will HollisterLehigh ARutgers A11310
Robert WangPenn State BPrinceton A11410

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%94.29
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y1100%0%0%89.00
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y1100%0%0%114.00