For 10 points, name this creator of a man who buys deceased serfs, Pavel Chichikov, the Ukranian author of The Government Inspector, "The Nose", and Dead Souls.
One story by this author describes a mad dash through a forest, with an evil witch riding on the back of the student Khoma Brut. In another of his stories, Piskaryov falls for a beautiful woman only to follow her home and discover that she is a prostitute. In another work by this author of "Viy", Osip aids the protagonist, who takes advantage of the corrupt mayor, Anton Antonovich, after being mistaken for the title character. Ivan Yakolevich finds the title object in his onion roll, in another story by this author of "Nevsky Prospect", in which part of Major Kovalyov escapes from him and attains a higher rank in the civil service. For 10 points, name this creator of a man who buys deceased serfs, Pavel Chichikov, the Ukranian author of The Government Inspector, "The Nose", and Dead Souls.
One story by this author describes a mad dash through a forest, with an evil witch riding on the back of the student Khoma Brut.
Nikolai Gogol