The collected works of M. M. Zoshchenko is the most complete collection of prose by one of the greatest innovative writers of the 20th century. It includes almost all of the writer’s well-known works, from early stories, parodies and “Sentimental Tales” to the book “Before Sunrise” and later “positive” feuilletons. The fourth volume includes stories and feuilletons from 1931–1946, the second period of Zoshchenko’s writing activity.