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In the history of Ukrainian realistic literature, the works of Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky occupy a prominent place. It is known that the development of fiction and, in particular, the great epic genres of the story and novel is an important stage in the formation of the national art of the word. Having entered the Ukrainian literary field, Nechuy-Levytsky brilliantly developed the content and form of a short story and gave the first examples of the realistic novel genre from modern life.

The story "By Unequal Paths" is dedicated to the theme of urban life. For the first time in Ukrainian prose, the writer creates novels from the life of the national intelligentsia, which became the exciters of broad public opinion, the subject of discussions and criticism, which reproached him for departing from the themes inherent in Ukrainian literature.