The protagonist of this story, whose name is deriv
The protagonist of this story, whose name is derived from a children's word for excrement, is known to take his work home and spend happy evenings in the "making of capital and lower-case letters." The story ends with a ghost robbing a police commissioner after a visit to a 'Person of Consequence' dismays the protagonist, who has spent his extra twenty rubles to buy from Petrovich the title object. For 10 points-- name this short story describing the prized possession of Akaky Akakyevich by Nikolai Gogol.
The protagonist of this story, whose name is derived from a children's word for excrement, is known to take his work home and spend happy evenings in the "making of capital and lower-case letters.
“The {Overcoat}” or “{Shinel}”