In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

One character created by this author runs his office by the motto, "Strictness, strictness, and again strictness!" Mrs. Podtochin is accused of witchcraft in another story by this man that opens with Ivan Yakovlevich finding an object that belongs to Major Kovalyov in a loaf of bread. He also wrote a story in which the Very Important Person is attacked by a ghost after the death of Akaky Akakievich. For 10 points, name this author of "Nevsky Prospect," "The Overcoat," and "The Nose."
Literature