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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 (15[1])or recognition.” 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. (15[1])This author wrote a story whose title character recalls her (*) promise to her dying mother and decides against immigrating to Buenos Aires (10[1])with Frank. 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■

ANSWER: James Joyce [or James Augustine Aloysius Joyce]
<Literature - British Literature - Short Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms5115
Joel MilesThompson et al.UBC8615
Chinmay KansaraCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire10810

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