Project Gutenberg 2025-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 185 Kuprin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) 1870 1938 Куприн, Александр Иванович Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich Koeprin, Alexander I. Kuprin, Alexander Kouprine, Alexandre S. L. L., S. Kadulta $aHelsinki :$bYrjö Weilin, $c1907. Tapio Riikonen "Kadulta" by A. I. Kuprin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book appears to focus on the confessions and reflections of a man who has fallen from a once-promising life into poverty and vice. Likely semi-autobiographical, the narrative centers on the main character's journey through degraded circumstances, touching on themes of weakness, addiction, and social decline. The protagonist serves both as a narrator and subject, sharing his story with a mixture of regret, self-awareness, and irony. The opening of the book introduces the protagonist addressing an unseen interlocutor, admitting to his own life's downfall due to his character's weakness, reinforcing what society and experts have told him. He describes a life marked by squandered opportunities, vice, and repeated expulsions from educational institutions, tracing his experiences from a troubled childhood in a dysfunctional family, through misadventure in school and the military, to a chaotic existence of odd jobs, failed relationships, and bouts of poverty. The narrative is candid and self-deprecating, blending humor with sadness as the protagonist recounts his time in prisons, flophouses, and various lowly occupations, including his stints as a journalist, a "professional beggar," and ultimately a waiter. This confessional opening sets a tone of raw honesty and highlights both the colorful characters of the underclass and the harsh realities of marginalization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20200704053547kuprin 1907 FI Reading ease score: 45.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Russian fiction -- Translations into Finnish PG Text Category: Novels 110202 2025-07-30T05:15:18.362043 text/html 103489 2025-07-30T05:15:22.540036 application/epub+zip 103456 2025-07-30T05:15:20.093054 application/epub+zip 103456 2025-07-30T05:15:18.999052 application/epub+zip 175639 2025-07-30T05:15:24.400025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165354 2025-07-30T05:15:21.930035 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98854 2025-07-30T05:15:18.120054 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 79180 2025-04-04T13:03:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15215 2025-07-30T05:15:24.540027 application/rdf+xml 9222 2025-07-30T05:15:19.502056 image/jpeg 2507 2025-07-30T05:15:19.250065 image/jpeg 101191 2025-07-30T05:15:18.379060 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia