Relationships between men and women, parents and children, family life and everyday worries, the rapid rise of socio-political life and the latest trends in the art of the Silver Age - the writer jokes about everything, mostly good-naturedly and benevolently, but at times - and bitterly irony. The situations and characters presented in the author’s stories are often grotesque - and this makes them even more truthful. It is in such a bizarre depiction of reality that Averchenko’s skill and his genuine worldly wisdom are revealed. This collection presents a brilliant collection of stories filled with sparkling humor, lively and witty satire on the morals and life of Russian society of the early twentieth century.