Bonus
In one novel by this author, Michael Henchard drunkenly auctions off his wife and child to a sailor. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author, who fictionalized the city of Dorchester as Casterbridge in the fictional county of Wessex. In another novel by this author, the title character lies down at Stonehenge after killing her abusive husband Alec.
ANSWER: Thomas Hardy (The novels are The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the D’Urbervilles.)
[10h] The Victorian author Anthony Trollope set many of his novels in this fictional county, similarly to Thomas Hardy. Those Trollope novels, such as The Warden, are part of a series titled The Chronicles of [this county].
ANSWER: Barsetshire [accept Chronicles of Barsetshire]
[10e] In this other fictional English town, Dorothea Brooke falls in love with Will Ladislaw after the death of Edward Casaubon. This English town titles that George Eliot novel, subtitled “A Study of Provincial Life.”
ANSWER: Middlemarch [or Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life]
<Editors, British Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 104 | 13.56 | 78% | 55% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham A | Durham D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Durham B | Durham C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Edinburgh A | Sheffield B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Edinburgh B | Edinburgh D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield A | York | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 63% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 10.00 | 86% | 14% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 78% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 2.50 | 0% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 100% | 73% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 78% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 78% | 44% | 11% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 89% | 56% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 63% | 75% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 9.17 | 50% | 33% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |