Stories

**Arkadiy Averchenko** - recognized "King of Russian laughter", brilliant satirist, dramatist, theatrical critic and famous editor of the legendary magazines "Satyricon" and "New Satyricon". Averchenko's creation is the richest gallery of funny, absurd and surprisingly recognizable life situations. In his humorist stories, fellets and plays he with a thin irony laughed out the human faults: stupidity, misery, hypocrisy, small trickness and local life. At the same time, Averchenko's humor was never evil - his works are penetrated by life love, light and sincere sympathy to man. A special place in his heritage occupies touching, full of warmth and nostalgia stories about children ("About the small - for the big"), in which he with incredible sensitivity re-creates the bright world of child perception. They instantly raise the mood, make them smile even in the darkest day, and remain relevant after a century, because the human nature with all its curies is almost unchanged. ** About what works in three words:** Humor, Satira, Life Love. **Who to read:** For lovers of sincere classical satire, lovers of light and elegant slog, lovers of the Russian Prose of the Silver Century, as well as everyone who wants to raise the mood and look at life difficulties with a smile.