In one story by this author, a girl slashes the paw of a black cat, only to find the next morning that her stepmother has a wound on the same hand.
In one story by this author, a girl slashes the paw of a black cat, only to find the next morning that her stepmother has a wound on the same hand. This author wrote a story that begins by claiming that "There is nothing more irritable than departments." This author wrote a story in which a philosophy student is made to chant prayers for three nights over the coffin of a witch that he killed. This author's collection Evenings on a Farm near Dikinka includes the story "May Night." He wrote a story in which a ghost haunts the "Person of Consequence" whose bullying gave him a fatal fever. In that story by this author of "Viy," the one-eyed tailor Petrovich makes the title item of clothing for Akaky Akakievich. For 10 points, name this Ukrainian author of "The Overcoat."
In one story by this author, a girl slashes the paw of a black cat, only to find the next morning that her stepmother has a wound on the same hand.
Nikolai (Vasilievich) Gogol