PERSON@1 - Britannica Student Encyclopaedia The novels PERSON@2 ` ba -LRB- NUMBER@1 ; NUMBER@2 -LSB- revised edition -RSB- -RRB- and Dead Souls -LRB- NUMBER@2 -RRB- , the play The Inspector-General -LRB- NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@2 -RRB- , and the short stories Diary of a MISC@1 , The Nose and The Overcoat -LRB- NUMBER@2 -RRB- are among his best known works .

The novel Dead Souls -LRB- NUMBER@2 -RRB- , the play Revizor -LRB- NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@2 -RRB- , and the short story The Overcoat -LRB- NUMBER@2 -RRB- count among his masterpieces .
