“...If earlier Mr. Gorky offered to the attention of readers individual scenes from the life of a tramp, if earlier he painted tramps in the “heroic” moments of their lives, at moments when they have the opportunity to contrast something positive with people of other social strata, to discover something positive in front of them people their spiritual superiority, now the author of “Chelkash” sets broader goals: he tries to sketch a synthetic picture of a “tramp” life, he tries to give a detailed description of a person of a “tramp” type, he looks into the most hidden corners of this person’s spiritual world, watches watching how “tramp” moods and aspirations are gradually born, strengthened and growing in the soul of this person, how the “tramp” worldview crystallizes: he creates entire epics of a tramp’s life. ..."