Packet B: Tossup 17

In a novel by this author, a man suffocates after falling into the hold of a ship bound for India called the Swanhilda. (-5[1])One of this author’s (-5[1])protagonists plays “six mournful airs” on his concertina and keeps a canary caged in a “little gilt prison.” (10[1])In a novel (10[1])by this author, a painting in Cedarquist’s gallery inspires Presley to write the socialist poem “The Toilers.” (-5[2])This author’s novel (10[1])The Pit (10[1])appears (10[2])in an incomplete (10[1])trilogy (10[3]-5[1])called The Epic (10[1])of the Wheat, (10[3]-5[1])as (10[1])does (10[1])a (10[1])novel (10[4])about a feud between (10[1])ranchers (10[1]-5[1])in the San Joaquin Valley (10[1])and a railway (10[1])company. (10[3]-5[1])Erich von Stroheim’s (-5[1])film (10[1])Greed (10[1])was based on a (-5[1])novel by (-5[1])this author (-5[1])in which the protagonist’s wife Trina wins the lottery and Marcus handcuffs (10[1])himself (10[1])to the title dentist in Death (10[1]0[1])Valley. (10[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this author of The Octopus (10[1])and McTeague. (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[34])

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