# Yama [The Pit], a Novel in Three Parts Author: Kuprin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1870-1938; Guerney, Bernard Guilbert, 1894-1979 [Translator] Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4706 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Yama+%5BThe+Pit%5D%2C+a+Novel+in+Three+Parts+Kuprin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary “With us, you see,” Kuprin makes the reporter Platonov, his mouthpiece, say in Yama, “they write about detectives, about lawyers, about inspectors of the revenue, about pedagogues, about attorneys, about the police, about officers, about sensual ladies, about engineers, about baritones—and really, by God, altogether well—cleverly, with finesse and talent. But, after all, all these people are rubbish, and their life is not life, but some sort of conjured up, spectral, unnecessary delirium of world culture. But there are two singular realities—ancient as humanity itself: the prostitute and the moujik. And about them we know nothing, save some tinsel, gingerbread, debauched depictions in lit... ## Chapters - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/yama-the-pit-a-novel-in-three-parts-4706/chapters/2/index.md)