In a story by this author, a character paints “beauties” for a Persian shopkeeper in exchange for opium to cure his insomnia. No one attends the funeral of an artist, who (10[1])cuts his throat (10[1]-5[1])with a razor (10[1])after a prostitute declines (10[2])his marriage proposal, (10[1])in a story (10[1])by this author. (-5[1])A (10[1])story (10[1])by this author (10[1])ends with a policeman following (10[1]-5[1])a giant-fisted (10[1])ghost until it confronts him. (10[2]-5[1])A (10[1])“certain clerk” (10[1])from a (10[1])“certain department” (10[3]-5[1])develops a (10[1])delirious fever (10[1])after (10[1])being berated (10[1])by (-5[1])a “Person of (-5[1])Consequence” (10[4])in a story (10[2])by this (10[1]-5[1])author. (10[4]-5[1])The title object is wrapped (10[1])in cloth (10[2]-5[1])and (10[1]-5[1])thrown (10[2])off (10[1])the St. Isaac’s Bridge (10[2])in a story by this author (10[1])before it is found in a loaf of bread by (10[1])a (10[1]-5[1])barber. (10[5])For 10 points, (10[7]0[1])name this author, (10[1])whose many stories set in St. Petersburg (10[1]-5[2])include “Nevsky Prospekt,” “The Nose,” (10[3]-5[1])and (10[2])“The Overcoat.” (10[3]) (10[6]0[2])■END■