Lazoic flowers. Humorous stories. Leikin N.A.

The famous writer of the late XIX - early XX centuries Nikolai Alexandrovich Leikin carefully notes and vividly describes the characteristic signs of time in his stories, which makes his works not only a whirlpool of images and situations, but also a peculiar encyclopedia of Russian life at the turn of the century.

This collection covers life in all its diversity, and many ironically beaten topics, such as superstitions, gossip, family squabbles, poverty and poverty, bureaucracy, showing in charity and ubiquitous drunkenness, respond in readers and now. The scenes characteristic of that period are also played out: the relationship of the impoverished nobility and the new owners of life - merchants. It is ridiculed, although rather kindly, the limitation of the latter and the desire to solve any problem with the help of money-for example, buy the main role in the play.