The collected works of the Russian humorist writer Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (1881–1925) opens with a volume that includes a collection of his works “Jolly Oysters” (1910) and the first two books of his three-volume set “Stories (humorous)” (1910–1911) .The writer’s bright talent, his literary skill was fully embodied in the witty stories included in this volume.The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.