Question

A character created by an author with this surname is turned into an illegitimate son of a former slave in Caryl Philips' novel The Lost Child. A wild plant inspired the name Razyé (“RAHZ-yeh”), who replaces a character created by an author with this surname in a novel about the Gagneur (“gahn-YER”) and De Linsseuil (“deh lin-SOY”) families, The Migration of Hearts. Maryse Condé (”con-DAY”) set a novel by an author with this surname in Guadeloupe, replacing a word in its title with (*) “Windward.” Characters honeymoon at the Granbois (“GRAN-bwah”) estate in a novel inspired by an (10[1])author with this surname (10[2])in which Christophine makes magic potions. A prequel to a novel (-5[1])by an author with this surname centers on the Creole woman Antoinette (10[1])Cosway and is (10[1])narrated by Grace Poole. For 10 points, give this surname of an author who inspired Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea with her novel Jane Eyre. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Brontë [or Emily Brontë; or Charlotte Brontë]
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AMinnesota9110
Michael HundingIllinois AIllinois B9510
Charles HangWUSTLChicago A9510
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BChicago B106-5
Sanika IyerIndiana BSIUE11810
Justin HawkinsIndiana ANotre Dame B12110
Zach JosephNotre Dame APurdue14710
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame CIllinois C14710
Coby TranChicago BNorthwestern B14710

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%103.67
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%99.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%25%0%113.50
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%20%0%96.00
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%100%0%72.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%33%33%81.00
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%25%25%120.00
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%13%120.13
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%147.00