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In a story by this author, a man runs into the wife of a mercantile boat captain at three different concerts before arranging to meet each other. Another story by this author ends as a girl clutches an iron railing and looks at her lover with “no sign of love or farewell or recognition.” (15[1])A man in a story by this author described as an “outcast from life’s feast” reads a newspaper article about the death of a woman who once pressed his hand to her cheek. This author (15[1])wrote a story whose title character recalls her (*) promise to her dying mother and decides against immigrating to Buenos (-5[1])Aires with Frank. (10[2])The narrator of a story by this author sees himself as “a creature driven and derided by vanity” after failing to obtain a gift for Mangan’s sister at the title bazaar. For 10 points, name this author whose stories “A Painful Case” and “Eveline” appear alongside “Araby” in his collection Dubliners. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: James Joyce [or James Augustine Aloysius Joyce]
<Literature - British Literature - Short Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit5315
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut8815
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers107-5
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 11010
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country11010
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlersas rational as the square root of two power bottoms16210

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%100%0%70.00
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