Humorous Stories

Arkady Averchenko (1881-1925) – a Russian writer and playwright, the "king of laughter," as his contemporaries called him. He had an amazing ability to recreate the absurdity of the life of the Russian bourgeois, effortlessly inventing witty plots and creating a multitude of funny situations, dialogues, and improvisations. Averchenko's humor can bring a smile even to the lips of the most serious reader.