Packet L: Tossup 1

Valerie Purton argued that a literary “tradition” described by this adjective was continued by Charles Dickens to accentuate his darker or comic scenes. Oliver Goldsmith (-5[1])criticized comedies described by this adjective (10[1])as “the most easily written” in an essay that contrasts them with “laughing” comedies. A novel whose title contains this adjective ends mid-sentence (10[1])as the protagonist (10[1])catches (10[1]-5[1])hold (10[1])of a chambermaid. (10[3])This (10[1])adjective describes (10[1])a popular genre of emotionally expressive novels (10[1])in the (10[1])18th and 19th centuries (10[2]-5[1])such as The (10[1])Man (10[1])of Feeling (10[1])and The Vicar of (-5[1])Wakefield. (10[2]-5[1])A novel (-5[1])about Parson (10[1])Yorick’s (10[1])travels by Laurence Sterne (10[1])is titled (10[1])for this (-5[1])type (10[1])of “Journey.” (10[4])For 10 points, (10[3])Gustave Flaubert’s novel (10[1])about (10[1])Frédéric Moreau is titled (10[1])for what sort of “Education”? (10[3])■END■ (10[3]0[14])

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