The English novelist Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) became famous mainly for his serious novels. However, in his work he also paid tribute to the frivolous genre. In 1911, Bennett wrote a short novel, Buried Alive, where he told the reader how an absurd accident not only completely changed the life of the main character, but also almost shook the centuries-old foundations of English society . The book was a great success and a year later it was filmed. Much later, in 1968, it was remembered on Broadway, where a musical was created based on it. Published in Russian for the first time.