This collection of the world famous Russian classic F. M. Dostoevsky includes his famous novel "The Player" and one of the writer's last works - the story "Meek," which the writer himself called "a fantastic story." The illustrations in the book were made by one of the most talented graphic artists of the first third of the 20th century. Nikolai Vasilievich Alekseev. The appendix to the collection contains review articles on the work of this master, written by K. Fedin, E. Gollerbach, and A. Kornilov.