The Tale of Khoja Nasreddin is a wonderful book that takes pride of place in the treasury of Russian literature, based on the folklore of Central Asia. The adventures of a cheerful, cunning tramp, the hero of many anecdotes, parables, fairy tales, have long gained worldwide fame. Driven by hatred for the greedy rich, fed at the expense of the common people, he uses all sorts of tricks to swindle the guardians of order and repay the scoundrels and scoundrels who have hidden behind the broad back of the law. This edition includes both books of adventures of Khoja Nasredinn, 'the famous and incomparable one who appears wherever he wants and disappears when he wants, who has been everywhere and left a memory behind him!'