Presents a satirical drama about Satan's visit to Moscow, where he learns that the citizens no longer believe in God. He decides to teach them a lesson by perpetrating a series of horrific tricks. Combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem.

Foreword /Boris Fishman -- Introduction / Richard Pevear -- BOOK ONE -- Never talk with strangers -- Pontius Pilate -- The seventh proof -- The chase -- There were doings at Griboedov's -- Schizophrenia, as was said -- A naughty apartment -- The combat between the professor and the poet -- Koroviev's stunts -- News from Yalta -- Ivan splits in two -- Black magic and its exposure -- The hero enters -- Glory to the cock! -- Nikanor Ivanovich's dream -- The execution -- A unquiet day -- Hapless visitors -- BOOK TWO -- Margarita -- Azazello's cream -- Flight -- By candlelight -- The great ball at Satan's -- The extraction of the master -- How the procurator tried to save Judas of Kiriath -- The burial -- The end of apartment no. 50 -- The last adventures of Koroviev and Behemoth -- The fate of the master and Margarita is decided -- It's time! It's time! -- On Sparrow Hills -- Forgiveness and eternal refuge -- Epilogue.