“Violets on Wednesdays” (1953) is a collection of short stories by Andre Maurois, which made the writer famous during his lifetime. Probably the main advantage of these stories is that they are very life-like, very truthful. The situations described by the writer have not lost their relevance today. The reader, following Maurois, will become imbued with the fate of these characters, feel sorry for them for some things, laugh heartily at others, and sometimes think seriously.