ed ▁with ▁Anton ▁Che kh ov , ▁G leb ▁U sp ens ky , ▁Vladimir ▁Kor olen ko ▁and ▁others . ▁During ▁these ▁years , ▁he ▁wrote ▁and ▁published ▁many ▁short ▁stories ▁and ▁sketch es . ▁From ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁until ▁his ▁death , ▁he ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁S red a ▁literary ▁group , ▁and ▁the ▁Z n anie ▁publishing ▁company , ▁ran ▁by ▁fellow ▁S red a ▁member ▁Maxim ▁G ork y . ▁ ▁His ▁last ▁major ▁works ▁were ▁the ▁nov els ▁Tra its ▁from ▁the ▁Life ▁of ▁P ep ko ▁( 1 8 9 4 ), ▁Fall ing ▁Stars ▁( 1 8 9 9 ) ▁and ▁the ▁story ▁" M um ma " ▁( 1 9 0 7 ). ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁nov els ▁and ▁stories ▁he ▁port rayed ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁Ur als ▁and ▁Si ber ia ▁in ▁the ▁reform ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁capital ism ▁in ▁Russia ▁and ▁the ▁consequ ent ▁rif ts ▁in ▁public ▁conscious ness , ▁legal ▁norm s ▁and ▁mor als . ▁His ▁most ▁well ▁known ▁works ▁are ▁The ▁Pri val ov ▁Fort une ▁( 1 8 8 3 ), ▁Mountain ▁ ▁N est ▁( 1 8 8 4 ), ▁Gold ▁( 1 8 9 2 ), ▁B read ▁( 1 8 9 5 ), ▁the ▁nov ella ▁Ok h onna ' s ▁B rows ▁( 1 8 9 2 ) ▁and ▁the ▁collections ▁U ral ▁St ories ▁ ▁( 1 8 9 5 ) ▁and ▁Si ber ian ▁St ories