The title object of "The Portrait" is a picture  of Satan, while "The Nose" is about a body part that flees its owner.
In "Nevsky Prospect," a young man fails to realize that the woman he is  pursuing is a prostitute, while another mistakes a housewife for a whore. In  "Viy," a priest will survive the night only if he does not open his eyes to  see the monsters around him. The title object of "The Portrait" is a picture  of Satan, while "The Nose" is about a body part that flees its owner. FTP,  these are all short stories by what Russian, who also wrote "The Overcoat?"
In "Nevsky Prospect," a young man fails to realize that the woman he is  pursuing is a prostitute, while another mistakes a housewife for a whore.
Nikolai {Gogol} (accept "Arabesques" if answered before "Viy")