“Taffy the humorist is a cultured, intelligent, good writer. Serious Teffi is a unique phenomenon in Russian literature, a true miracle that will be marveled at in a hundred years.” The words of Georgy Ivanov turned out to be prophetic. Each new edition of Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Teffi, the favorite writer of the pre-revolutionary and emigrant readers, is doomed to success. Teffi's poetic heritage is practically unknown today, although at one time her poems were very popular. The words of many of them were used to write romances that became famous performed by Alexander Vertinsky. This collection for the first time includes all three of the writer’s lifetime poetry collections, as well as stories, a play and memoirs.