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A collection of interlinked short stories sketches the lives of ordinary residents of a city, tracing stages from childhood to adulthood and old age. Each vignette examines moments of stalled aspiration, moral and social paralysis, and quiet epiphanies that reveal characters' regrets, desires, and failures. Themes include family obligations, religion, class tensions, missed opportunities, and the difficulty of escape. The prose emphasizes close observation, interior consciousness, and small decisive moments, culminating in a final, reflective piece that broadens personal sorrow into communal remembrance.

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Title: Dubliners

Author: James Joyce

Release date: September 1, 2001 [eBook #2814]
Most recently updated: May 21, 2021

Language: English

Credits: David Reed, Karol Pietrzak and David Widger

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DUBLINERS

by James Joyce


Contents

The Sisters
An Encounter
Araby
Eveline
After the Race
Two Gallants
The Boarding House
A Little Cloud
Counterparts
Clay
A Painful Case
Ivy Day in the Committee Room
A Mother
Grace
The Dead