Round 2: Tossup 13

A declared anti-cleric in this novel arrogantly decides to name his workplace Capharnaum after the site of some of Jesus’s miracles. This novel was the first “modern novel,” according to Mario Vargas Llosa’s book-length essay (10[1])“The Perpetual Orgy.” (-5[1])A character in this novel writes an article that speculates its climactic event occurred from an accident while baking a cake. That character in this novel later receives the Legion of Honor for his speeches about the work of his colleagues. This was the first novel by its author that used numerous rewrites to find “Le mot juste” (10[1])(“luh moh ZHOOST”). The title character of this novel throws her bridal bouquet into the fireplace after learning she is pregnant by her husband, who has a rivalry with the pharmacist Homais (“oh-MAY”). For 10 points, name this novel about a doctor’s wife by Gustave Flaubert. ■END■

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