The Pit (Яма)

📘 The Pit (Yama, Яма) is a novel by Alexander Kuprin published in installments between 1909 and 1915, in Zemlya almanacs (1909 - Vol.3, 1914 - Vol.15, 1915 - Vol.16). The book, centering on middle class brothel, owned by a shrewd woman named Anna Markovna, caused much controversy in its time.