Bad Joke

‘Bad Joke‘ is a work by a 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 reader from other works. Thus, the old man Mlekopitayev is a new version of the ‘evil jester‘ Foma Opiskin. His other features are a copy of the man ‘from the underground.‘ Dostoevsky is also famous for his works such as ‘A Little Hero‘, ‘Bobok‘, ‘Winter Notes on Summer Impressions‘, ‘Petersburg Dreams in Verse and Prose‘, ‘Mr. Prokharchin‘, ‘Centenary‘, ‘Sliders‘, ‘Roman in Nine‘ letters‘, ‘Pushkin‘s speech‘, ‘Sentence‘. The importance of Dostoevsky‘s work for world literature and philosophy is difficult to overestimate. Without exaggeration, he can be called the most famous and widely read Russian writer, who gained fame not only due to the artistic merits of his prose, but also due to their philosophical and moral content.