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A character created by this author has a conversation with Cordelia while painting a house about to be demolished. In a novel by this author, a woman exclaims “Thank God!” after learning that her son died from falling off the horse Thunderclap. (20[1])One of this author’s characters, who becomes a missionary (20[1])in a Tunisian monastery after (20[1])the (20[1])death (20[2])of Kurt, (20[1])carries around the teddy bear (20[3])(*) Aloysius (10[14])(“al-oo-WISH-us”). The protagonist of a novel by this author becomes trapped in a Brazilian jungle by Mr. Todd (10[1])and is forced (10[1])to read Dickens. In (10[1])a novel by this author, Julia Flyte is convinced by her father’s deathbed conversion to break off a plan to marry Charles Ryder. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of A Handful of (10[1])Dust and (10[1])Brideshead Revisited. ■END■ (10[4])

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