The Gilded Pills

'The Gilded Pills'' - is a collection of stories by the Russian writer, satirist, «the king of laugh» and theatre critic A. T. Averchenko (1881 - 1925). The subject-matter of the author's stories of the pre-revolutionary period is very diverse. He can see very well and successfully marks the real ways of life and human defects. In the centre of his attention - is the city resident, the «medium» pe...