In one story by this man, the expert marksman Silvio rushes off to finish a duel he started years ago only to call it off yet again when the Count's wife stumbles onto the scene, shooting a painting instead.
In one story by this man, the expert marksman Silvio rushes off to finish a duel he started years ago only to call it off yet again when the Count's wife stumbles onto the scene, shooting a painting instead. This author of "The Shot" also wrote a  novel in which Pyotr Andreyich is rescued from a blizzard by a mysterious man who turns out to be the historical leader of a rebellion against the Empress. In addition to The (*) Captain's Daughter, he wrote a short story in which the protagonist writes fake love letters to Lizaveta Ivanovna in order to gain access to her house; he then causes an elderly countess to die of fright but later acquires a secret gambling trick from her ghost, only to go insane when it fails. For 10 points, identify this Russian author of The Tales of Belkin, "The Queen of Spades," and Eugene Onegin.
In one story by this man, the expert marksman Silvio rushes off to finish a duel he started years ago only to call it off yet again when the Count's wife stumbles onto the scene, shooting a painting instead.
Alexander Pushkin