Another Man's Wife and Husband Under the Bed

What happens if a miser dies on his mattress stuffed with money? What does a pitiful official who imagines himself a cunning womanizer look like? And what will happen if a husband catches his wife with a lover, but instead of a scandal, hides… under the bed?

Fyodor Dostoevsky, a master of psychological dramas, appears in this collection as unexpectedly witty and ironic. The heroes of his comic sketches — petty officials, unsuccessful womanizers, nagging wives, and grotesque dreamers — find themselves in ridiculous, and sometimes absurd situations. But behind the funny facades of their actions lie eternal human weaknesses: greed, vanity, cowardice, and the desire to seem more significant than one is.

The collection includes the stories: «Mr. Prokharchin», «The Crawlers», «Another Man's Wife and Husband Under the Bed», «A Nasty Joke», «Crocodile», «Bobok».