Round 10: 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 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 as the protagonist catches hold of a chambermaid. (10[1])This adjective describes a popular genre of emotionally expressive novels (10[1])in the 18th and 19th centuries (10[1]-5[1])such as The Man (10[1])of Feeling and The Vicar of Wakefield. (10[1])A novel about Parson Yorick’s (10[1])travels by Laurence Sterne (10[1])is titled for this type of “Journey.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Gustave Flaubert’s novel about Frédéric Moreau is titled for what sort of “Education”? ■END■ (0[3])

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