Pearls of subtle humor mixed with witty phrases, each of which is drawn to aphorism, are generously scattered literally on every page of this unique collection, which critics called a collection of "very serious jokes." And so. Satan opens a doctor's office and promises his clients all sorts of shocks and unrest. It would seem: what's good? However, curiosity does its job, and the stupid fish, one after another, pecks at the poisoned bait... Or another twist. On the glorious island of Corsica, strange things are happening, from which the tar hair of men turns gray, and the body is poured with senile lead. A carefree cheerful girl returns after a two-week vacation in Corsica with a wrinkled hunched hag... However, nightmares do not end there, but only smoothly flow to other, more famous personalities. Bertrand Russell's clear, perceptive mind penetrates the depths of Stalin's subconscious, Queen of Sheba and even Shakespeare's Othello, trying to imagine what visions tormented them at night...