# Verka — Yama character guide

> Verka in Yama by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the trusting Verka

**First appearance:** 0005-yama

## Who they are

A trusting prostitute in the brothel.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-iii-ii)

One of the girls at the brothel who calls out to Jennka about Kolya's arrival.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-iii-iii)

A prostitute in a jockey costume who teases Petrov and tries to lure him to her room.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-iii-ix)

The trusting Verka becomes involved in a suicide pact with her lover Dilectorsky, who has embezzled official funds; she agrees to die with him, viewing it as a romantic escape.

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