Round 13: Tossup 16

In Cranford, Miss Jenkyns snobbishly contrasts this novel with Rasselas (10[1])to Captain Brown, who is later hit by a train while reading it. A servant superstitiously signs a Valentine’s Day card with his boss’s name in this novel, which was at first intended as a vehicle for the cartoons of Robert Seymour. In this novel’s (10[1])trial scene, a lawyer insists that the phrase “chops and tomato sauce” is a character’s veiled promise to marry his landlady. Bootleggers (-5[1])issued merchandise of a character in this novel who names a style of proverb with comical attributions (10[1])like “as the father said to his child.” The March sisters’ secret society in (-5[1])Little Women (10[1])is named for this (-5[2])novel, (10[4]-5[2])which (10[1])became a smash hit when the fourth serial introduced the Cockney valet Sam Weller. For 10 points, what first novel by Charles Dickens (10[1])follows Samuel’s eponymous club? (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[4])

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