This author described how a young boy who forgot most of his Latin would append the syllable "-us" to the words for random farm implements in a preface narrated by a beekeeper who is named Rudy despite his gray hair. This author wrote about a young man who is brutally murdered by his father for bringing loaves of bread to a starving Polish girl and her mother. Winged demon
This author described how a young boy who forgot most of his Latin would append the syllable "-us" to the words for random farm implements in a preface narrated by a beekeeper who is named Rudy despite his gray hair. This author wrote about a young man who is brutally murdered by his father for bringing loaves of bread to a starving Polish girl and her mother. Winged demons appear from the corpse of a young girl to haunt the philosopher Khoma Brut in his horror story "Viy." During a visit to the lady Karolina Ivanovna, "a very important person" is haunted by the protagonist of this author's most famous story, a destitute copyist. This author wrote about the father of Ostap and Andriy in a romantic portrayal of the violent Cossack life. For 10 points, name this author of Taras Bulba whose masterwork is about the theft of Akaky Akakievich's fancy "Overcoat."
This author described how a young boy who forgot most of his Latin would append the syllable "-us" to the words for random farm implements in a preface narrated by a beekeeper who is named Rudy despite his gray hair.
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol