Packet 3: Tossup 6

Cynthia Ozick mocked the claim that this author’s genius relied on (-5[1])“emotional strain” (-5[1])in a response to Edmund Wilson’s call for “justice to” this author. A character this author called a “negative hero” kneels by his dead friend at the moment that “there passed between them the word which made all clear.” A 2012 tribute by Jonathan Franzen controversially dwelt on the appearance of this author, (15[1])who wrote (-5[1])a novel in which (15[1])a character hallucinates a baby in her arms (15[1])during (15[1])a fatal (*) overdose; (10[1])that woman (10[1]-5[1])created by this author shocks partygoers with a stunning (10[1])appearance (10[1])in a (-5[1])Joshua Reynolds (10[1])tableau vivant. (10[4])In a novel by this author, (10[2]-5[1])an indebted (10[1])29-year-old (-5[1])misses opportunities to marry (10[1])Simon Rosedale, (10[1])Percy (10[1])Gryce, and her friend (10[2])Lawrence Selden. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (-5[3])what author (10[1])wrote about Lily Bart (10[1]-5[1])in The House of (10[1])Mirth? (10[2])■END■ (10[15])

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