Part I. A visitor -- The storm -- The monastery -- Back at Marko's -- The rest of the night -- The letter -- Heroism -- At Chorbadji Yordan's -- Explanations -- The nunnery -- Rada's trials -- Boicho Ognianoff -- The road to Silistra -- An unforeseen meeting -- Voice from the grave -- The theatricals -- Two strokes of luck -- A difficult mission -- A disagreeable visit -- A fugitive -- At Verigovo -- An awkward predicament -- A sewing-party in Altinovo -- God is too high and the tsar too far -- Retribution -- The storm -- In the hut -- Part II. Together again -- Extremes meet -- Father-in-law and son-in-law -- A spy in 1876 -- The cherry tree -- Marko's prayer -- A nation intoxicated -- Trouble upon trouble -- The rebellion -- The battery of Zli Dol -- Discouragement in the fort -- A baptism -- The valley of the Strema in flames -- A fresh attempt -- Avram -- Night -- Morning -- The fight -- Rada -- The two streams -- Part III. A retrospect -- A shepherd's hospitality -- To the north -- The flag -- The slain -- The messenger -- Marika's failure -- The meadow -- An ally -- Love and heroism -- The Bashi-Bazouk -- The history of an unrevolted city -- The history continued -- A serious conversation -- The meeting -- The parting -- Destruction

Under the Yoke is a novel by Ivan Vazov written in 1888. It depicts the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and is the most famous piece of classic Bulgarian literature. The tranquillity in a Bulgarian village under Ottoman rule is only superficial: the people are quietly preparing for an uprising. The plot follows the story of Boicho Ognyanov, who, having escaped from a prison in Diarbekir, returns to the Bulgarian town of Byala Cherkva to take part in the rebellion. There he meets old friends, enemies, and the love of his life. The plot portrays the personal drama of the characters, their emotions, motives for taking part in or standing against the rebellion, betrayal and conflict