This collection presents the best humorous stories by Mikhail Zoshchenko: “Aristocrat”, “On live bait”, “Honest Citizen”, “Bathhouse”, “Nervous People”, “The Delights of Culture”, etc. Almost a hundred years have passed, and we we still laugh when we read these stories. We often quote them, sometimes forgetting that the quote was written by Zoshchenko - his aphorisms and popular expressions have already become an integral part of our culture.