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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 (15[1])who once pressed (15[1])his hand to her cheek. This author wrote a story whose title character recalls her (*) promise to her dying mother and decides against immigrating to Buenos Aires 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
Kevin Yenumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuStanford+5115
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsBerkeley7815
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common LoonWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?8115

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%100%0%70.00
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%67%0%81.67
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%67%0%74.33
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%40%20%104.60
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%0%119.67
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%17%17%118.50
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%33%0%110.00