That novel takes place in Russia during the Napoleonic wars.
In one novella by this author, the title character dies during Lent while clearing snow from his roof. In another story, Pozdnyshev recounts the events leading up to the murder of his wife after her affair with a concert violinist. Those works are "Aloysha the Pot" and The Kreutzer Sonata. In another novella, the title character is comforted in his last moments by his servant Gerasim. This author's most famous novel ends with the weddings of Pierre and Natasha and of Nicholas and Mary. That novel takes place in Russia during the Napoleonic wars. For 10 points, name this Russian author of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and War and Peace.
In one novella by this author, the title character dies during Lent while clearing snow from his roof.
Leo {Tolstoy}