The early narratives collected in Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka were followed by works like Taras Bulba, "The Overcoat" and The Inspector General.
This author's satirical style is seen in such stories as "The Coach" and "Old-World Landowners". His last days saw him come under the spell of the fanatical priest Konstantinovsky, who convinced him to burn the completed manuscript of the sequel to his best-known work. The early narratives collected in Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka were followed by works like Taras Bulba, "The Overcoat" and The Inspector General. FTP, who is this Russian author of the novel Dead Souls?
This author's satirical style is seen in such stories as "The Coach" and "Old-World Landowners".
Nicolai Gogol