Humorous Stories

Mikhail Zoshchenko is a Russian and Soviet classic, an author of children's stories, whose ironic works expose human vices. The collection includes a series of satirical and comedic novellas "The Blue Book," which the author called "a brief history of human relationships." Scenes from life about love, money, treachery, and failures introduce us to a mercantile milkmaid renting out her husband for a gold coin; a man who decides to marry an accountant and secure his life; a person worn out by diseases and years, obsessed with the desire to regain youth; and other colorful characters.