Question

The protagonist of a series by this author acquires “some landscapes by Hunt, Sully, and Hart” to begin his massive art collection after his marriage to Lillian Semple. A novel by this author ends with a “souvenir” that echoes its opening chapter by following a family of street preachers at dusk on a summer night. The railcar tycoon Charles Yerkes was fictionalized as Frank Cowperwood (10[1])(“cooper-wood”) in this author’s Trilogy of Desire. (10[1])In a novel by this author, a hit-and-run by the bellhop Sparser forces the protagonist to flee from Kansas City to Chicago, (10[1])then Lycurgus, New York. The murder of Grace Brown inspired a novel by this author in which Roberta Alden is hit with a camera and drowns in a lake, leading to the execution of Clyde Griffiths. For 10 points, name this author of An American Tragedy. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Theodore Dreiser [or Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser]
<Indiana A, American Literature>
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Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BMichigan B6410
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan ACase Western B7010
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Carter PisockyMichigan CMichigan State13810
Daniel HuangMichigan DCarnegie Mellon A13910
Sai SubramanianCase Western ACarnegie Mellon B13910

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