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This author’s lover wrote “You made me cry with your passages about Knole, you wretch” in a letter about a mansion in a novel by this author with 365 rooms and 52 staircases. A character created by this author, who is gifted an emerald frog by Archduke Harry, (10[1])shouts “It’s the goose!” at the end of a novel. (10[2])A character has a kiss that she calls the “most exquisite moment of her whole life” in a novel by this author that was adapted into the novel The Hours. That character created by this author, who originally appeared in The Voyage (10[1])Out, buys flowers herself on Bond Street. (10[1])This author was inspired to write a novel spanning over 300 years about a gender-shifting (10[1])character after her affair (10[1])with Vita Sackville-West. For 10 points, name this author of Orlando and Mrs. Dalloway. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Virginia Woolf
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