The work of M. Kotsyubinsky completed the classical period of Ukrainian fiction, being the pinnacle of its pre-October development. Love for people is inspired and warmed by everything written by them. This faith, this optimism of the great humanist was fed by a socialist ideology, which helped him look at his vocation and the tasks of Ukrainian fiction in a new way. At the same time, the traditions and covenants of Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Franko were most fully realized and further developed in the work of M. Kotsyubinsky.