The first edition in Ukraine of the works of the famous humorist M. Zhvanetsky includes the best - both well-known and well-known, as well as new - humoresques, stories, satirical sketches and aphorisms, which are rightfully considered now public property. They are quoted when communicating, they are heard on the stage, on the radio and on the silver screen, and the writer’s books have taken a permanent place among bestsellers for several decades in a row.