Though he used the pseudonym V. Alov to publish his first work, the narrative poem Hans K?chelgarten
His first volume of short stories included one set on St. John's Eve, one set on Christmas Eve, and one set on a May night, the last of which is subtitled "The Drowned Maiden."    His second volume of short stories included "Viy," "Old-World Landowners," and a story about a quarrel between Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich.  Though he used the pseudonym V. Alov to publish his first work, the narrative poem Hans K?chelgarten, he used his own name for Evenings on a Farm in Dikanka and Mirgorod.  His St. Petersburg Stories include tales about the madcap adventures of Collegiate Assessor Kovalev and Akakii Akakievich, who returns as a ghost to reclaim an article of clothing.   FTP, name this Russian author of The Inspector-General, "The Overcoat", and Dead Souls.
His first volume of short stories included one set on St. John's Eve, one set on Christmas Eve, and one set on a May night, the last of which is subtitled "The Drowned Maiden."    
Nikolai Gogol