"Suburban Essays" by William Dean Howells is a collection of light, cheerful stories that reveal American life in the middle of the 19th century. The author, as a true artist of words, depicts in his entire palette various types and characters that surrounded him, and gives the reader the opportunity to look at them from his point of view. He carefully reproduces the quiet life of small American towns, their inhabitants, their problems and joys, creating an atmosphere full of warmth and coziness. Underlining the guilt of these narichas should be a gloomy atmosphere, which can be annoying and irritating.