In a story by this author, a merchant spends twenty-six years in prison after a murderer frames him for his crime by slipping his bloodied knife into the merchant's bag.
In a story by this author, a merchant spends twenty-six years in prison after a murderer frames him for his crime by slipping his bloodied knife into the merchant's bag. The title character of another story by this author earned his nickname when he stumbled and broke a jar of milk. This author of "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" and "Alyosha the Pot" wrote about a visitor to the Bashkirs who dies of exertion after attempting to walk the perimeter of his desired estate. The title character of a novella by this author critically injures himself while hanging up curtains. For 10 points, name this Russian author of "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. 
In a story by this author, a merchant spends twenty-six years in prison after a murderer frames him for his crime by slipping his bloodied knife into the merchant's bag.
Leo Tolstoy [or Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy]