Humorous Stories

The relationships between men and women, parents and children, family life and daily concerns, the turbulent rise of socio-political life and the latest trends in the art of the Silver Age — the writer jokes about everything, mostly in a... good-natured and benevolent way, but at times with bitter irony. The situations and characters presented in the author's stories are often grotesque — and this makes them even more truthful. It is in such whimsical depictions of reality that the mastery of Averchenko and his genuine life wisdom are revealed. This collection features a brilliant array of stories filled with sparkling humor, lively and witty satire on the morals and everyday life of Russian society in the early 20th century.