That main character helps facilitate the marriage between Tyentyelnikov and General Betrishtchev's daughter, and is ultimately imprisoned for (*) forging the will of Klobueff's rich aunt.
This novel's final paragraph features the fragment "but which we can scarcely . . ." and famously compares a country to a troika. This work's protagonist wears a shirt pin designed like a bronze pistol and at one point is rumored to be the legendary Captain Kopeykin. That main character helps facilitate the marriage between Tyentyelnikov and General Betrishtchev's daughter, and is ultimately imprisoned for (*) forging the will of Klobueff's rich aunt. Religious fervor led the author to burn a planned sequel to this work, whose protagonist argues with the gambler Nozdryov after convincing Sobakevitch and Maniloff to sell him the title entities. For 10 points, name this novel in which Pavel Chichikov buys the rights to the titular deceased serfs, written by Nikolai Gogol.
This novel's final paragraph features the fragment "but which we can scarcely . . .
{Dead Souls}