For ten points, name this Russian author of "The Nose", "The Overcoat", and Dead Souls.
In one of this author's works, Podtochina Grigorievna wants Major Kovalyov to marry her daughter, and the barber Ivan Yakovlevich finds the title object in his bread. In another, two robbers assault the protagonist on his way home from a party celebrating the purchase of the title (*) garment by Akaky Akakievich. However, this author is most famous for an incomplete novel in which Chichikov attempts to buy deceased serfs. For ten points, name this Russian author of "The Nose", "The Overcoat", and Dead Souls.
In one of this author's works, Podtochina Grigorievna wants Major Kovalyov to marry her daughter, and the barber Ivan Yakovlevich finds the title object in his bread.
Nikolai {Gogol}