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 by a soldier. A father only worries 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 (10[1])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 near the Volga in The Lower Depths. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Maxim Gorky [or Alexei Maximovich Peshkov]
<UBC A, European Literature> | Packet C - Virginia Tech A, Waterloo A, UCSD A, UBC A
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%94.33
CanadaMain Site10100%10%126.00
FloridaMain Site367%0%140.00
Great LakesMain Site5100%0%82.80
MidwestMain Site8100%0%96.88
NortheastMain Site667%0%76.75
OverflowMain Site475%0%78.00
South CentralMain Site250%0%101.00
SoutheastMain Site786%14%119.50
UKMain Site1283%8%109.90
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site888%50%132.14
Upstate NYMain Site475%0%109.67