Round 3: Tossup 20

In a story by this author, the origins of a mysterious moving shadow and blueish sparks are explained in stories by the title very old woman. In another story by this author, a group of bakers turn against their favorite customer after she is seduced (10[1])by a soldier. (10[1])A father only worries (10[1])about the impact on his political prospects after his daughter’s suicide attempt in this author’s debut play The Philistines. In a play by this author, a character reading Fatal Love is hit on the head with a book and called a fool. An actor in that play by this author is inspired to seek help in a sanatorium but hangs himself when Luka disappears. For 10 points, name this author who followed the lives of a group living in a shelter (10[1])near the Volga in The Lower Depths. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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