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One of this author’s title characters holds on to the beard of a dwarf for three days in a bid to rescue his bride, who was abducted on their wedding night. Another of this (10[1])author’s characters goes mad when Parasha’s home is destroyed in a flood, causing him to curse a statue. Vikram Seth’s novel The Golden Gate uses a type of stanza that this poet (10[2])developed for a work whose title character rejects a love letter (10[2])by a girl who later marries Prince Gremin. This poet of Ruslan and Ludmila used himself as a model for the character Lensky, who is killed in a duel by Tatiana’s love interest. For 10 points, name this Russian poet (10[1])of “The Bronze Horseman” and Eugene Onegin. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[6])

ANSWER: Alexander Pushkin [or Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin]
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