The book presents 33 of the best humorous stories from the pen brilliant Russian and foreign writers, "kings of laughter" who worked at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. Laughter is one of the most valuable human property, evidence of his freedom and guarantee of a good mood. Thanks to this book You will find out how and what people laughed at in different parts of the world. earth more than a hundred years ago. The themes of the stories are different, but they combines the greatest authorial skill notice the fun and comical even in the most boringly gray everyday issues, accuracy of characteristics and light The book contains the best humorous works by A. Chekhov, V. Doroshevich, A. Kuprin, Sasha Chorny, A. Averchenko, E. Zozuli, S. Yushkevich, as well as O. Henry, J. C. Jerome - "kings of laughter" who worked at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries: Anton Chekhov 1. A Defenseless creature 2. From the diary of an assistant accountant 3. Sergeant Prishibeyev 4. Oh! The Public! 5. A Letter to a Learned Neighbor 6. A Horse Name 7. The Chameleon Vlas Doroshevich 8. The Twentieth Century 9. Treatment with Wild Strawberries, Strawberries and Garden Red Currants 10. Grooms 11. Legend About the Origin of the Corset 12. Other Men's Wives 13. Headless Visitor Alexandr Kuprin 14.The White Acacia Sasha Ch?rny 15.Sausage occultism 16.Greek tyrant 17.Bouillabaisse O.Henry 18.Pharaoh and ?horal 19. Let Me Feel Your Pulse! 20. The Red Dress 21. A Thousand Dollars 22. The Stale Bread Jerome Klapka Jerome 23. How Peter Hope's magazine began 24. Clocks Arkady Averchenko 25.Knight of Industry 26.Ninochka 27.Pinchus Rosenberg 28.Litmus test 29.Feast of Love 30 Long distance swimmer Yefim Zozulya 31.What people don't get bored of 32.How people get bored Semyon Yushkevich 33. Dudka is having fun