This author of the short stories "Alyosha the Pot" and "How Much Land Does a Man Need" as well as the "Sevastopol Sketches" also wrote a novella in which the title judge falls off a ladder, fatally injuring himself.
This author wrote a story in which a sinner is denied entrance to heaven by Peter and David, but finally allowed in by John. Another story by this author tells of the title character's inability to marry Ustinja because of his father. The protagonist of another story by this author accepts a deal from the Bashkirs and tries to mark out a large area with a spade in one day but ends up dying from exhaustion and is buried in a six-foot-long grave. This man wrote about a child who is sent to be a servant after he breaks the title object to earn his nickname. This author of the short stories "Alyosha the Pot" and "How Much Land Does a Man Need" as well as the "Sevastopol Sketches" also wrote a novella in which the title judge falls off a ladder, fatally injuring himself. For 10 points, name this Russian author of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" and War and Peace.
This author wrote a story in which a sinner is denied entrance to heaven by Peter and David, but finally allowed in by John.
Leo Tolstoy