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In a novel by this author, a penniless man nicknamed “Apollo” ironically receives a large raise only after breaking up with his rural fiancée to pursue the wealthy urbanite Alexandrina. In that novel by this author, Lily Dale is courted by Adolphus Crosbie while living in the title dower house with her mother. In this author’s longest novel, Augustus Melmotte devises a speculation scheme based on a railroad in Utah. The surgeon John Bold challenges the charitable income going to a cathedral precentor created by this author named Septimus Harding. A series of six novels set in a county (-5[1])created by this author include The Small House (-5[1])at Allington and The Warden. For 10 points, (10[1])name this prolific Victorian novelist (-5[1])who wrote The Way We Live Now and (10[1])the Chronicles of Barsetshire. ■END■ (10[4]0[5])

ANSWER: Anthony Trollope
<TH, British Literature>
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Great Lakes2025-02-01Y520%0%60%103.00
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Ryan RosenbergNYU ACornell B98-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeColumbia C106-5
William OrrYale AColumbia B11410
Patrick TorreMaryland AJohns Hopkins A119-5
Vikshar AthreyaRutgers APenn A12710
Richard NiuCornell BNYU A13210
Audrey ChoHaverford APenn B13210
Samuel KassoverGeorge Washington BNYU B1320
Daniel KimMaryland BVassar A13210
David BassJohns Hopkins AMaryland A13210
Zaid AsifNYU BGeorge Washington B1320
William BrokerHaverford BGeorge Washington A1320
Chauncey LoColumbia CJohn Jay College1320
Eva Lettiere-RobertsGeorge Washington AHaverford B1320