In a story by this author, a blacksmith travels with the devil to obtain a pair of booties for the most beautiful woman in his village.
In a story by this author, a blacksmith travels with the devil to obtain a pair of booties for the most beautiful woman in his village. One of this author's characters is concerned about the earth trying to sit on the moon and reads a dog's letters. He wrote a novel in which the main character is accused of being Napoleon or Captain Kopeikin in disguise. That main character also buys the rights to (*) dead serfs. In another of his stories, the barber Yakovlevich finds the title object, belonging to Major Kovalyov, in a loaf of bread.  For 10 points, name this Russian author of "The Diary of a Madman," Dead Souls, and "The Nose."
In a story by this author, a blacksmith travels with the devil to obtain a pair of booties for the most beautiful woman in his village.
Nikolai Gogol