In a story by this author, two friends start fighting after one of them refuses to give the other his Turkish rifle, calling him a "goose." In another of his stories, a lieutenant follows a woman home who turns out to be married, while a painter follows a woman who turns out to be a prostitute, and later commits suicide after his marriage proposal is rejected. Those events are bookended by the narrator's description of the title (*) street. The protagonist of a story by this author makes a derogatory comment about secretaries, provoking a tongue-lashing from the "person of consequence" from whom he has sought help. After that protagonist dies and becomes a ghost, he steals an item of clothin
In a story by this author, two friends start fighting after one of them refuses to give the other his Turkish rifle, calling him a "goose." In another of his stories, a lieutenant follows a woman home who turns out to be married, while a painter follows a woman who turns out to be a prostitute, and later commits suicide after his marriage proposal is rejected. Those events are bookended by the narrator's description of the title (*) street. The protagonist of a story by this author makes a derogatory comment about secretaries, provoking a tongue-lashing from the "person of consequence" from whom he has sought help. After that protagonist dies and becomes a ghost, he steals an item of clothing from the general who had reprimanded him. For 10 points, name this author of "How the Two Ivans Quarreled" and "Nevsky Prospect," who wrote about Akaky Akakievich in "The Overcoat."
In a story by this author, two friends start fighting after one of them refuses to give the other his Turkish rifle, calling him a "goose."
Nikolai Gogol [or Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol] 