The Outrage is a story about thieves who defend their actions before a panel of judges in Odessa gathered to investigate the pograms against the Jews. Its literary style includes comedy, which keeps the social commentary engaging.

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870 – 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and The Pit, as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Junior Captain Rybnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie.