The protagonist of this work refers to a passer-by as a "perfect Bianca of Perugino," and later promises to paint a perfectly beautiful girl for a character referred to as "The Persian."
The protagonist of this work refers to a passer-by as a "perfect Bianca of Perugino," and later promises to paint a perfectly beautiful girl for a character referred to as "The Persian." The narrator describes a Schiller play in which  a king insist that his nose be cut off when clarifying that the tinsmith named Schiller was not the same as the German playwright. The protagonist of this work develops an addition to opium, which he starts using to deal with his insomnia caused by his obsession with a woman he saw while (*) roaming around with Lieutenant Pigorov. Piskarev commits locks himself in his room and dies soon after the woman of his dreams, who turns out to be a prostitute, rejects him in this story. For 10 points, name this short story by Nikolai Gogol that begins with a detailed description of the titular St. Petersburg thoroughfare.
The protagonist of this work refers to a passer-by as a "perfect Bianca of Perugino," and later promises to paint a perfectly beautiful girl for a character referred to as "The Persian."
“{Nevsky Prospect}” [or “{Nevsky Avenue}” or “???????? ?????????” or “{Ne?vskij prospe?kt}”]