"A Bad Joke" is a work by the classic of Russian literature and one of the best world-class novelists F. M. Dostoevsky (1821–1881).
This story is written in the genre of satire with elements of grotesque. The life of people and the way of life of the St. Petersburg "bottom" are described in the most merciless tone.
And the heroes of "A Bad Joke" represent social types already familiar to the rea...