Dubliners

The page is about the book Dubliners, for the Irish folk band see The Dubliners

The Stories

• The Sisters -- The priest Father Flynn dies, and a young boy and his family deal with it only superficially.
• An Encounter -- A schoolboy plays hooky and is confronted by a sexual predator.
• Araby -- A boy falls in love with the sister of his friend Mangan, but fails in buying her a present from the Araby carnival.
• Eveline -- A young girl abandons her plans to elope with a sailor.
• After the race -- College student Jimmy Doyle tries to fit in with his wealthy friends.
• Two Gallants -- Two con men, Lenehan and Corley, trick a maid into stealing from her employer.
• Boarding House -- Mrs. Mooney succesfully maneuvers her daughter Polly into an upwardly mobile marriage with Mr. Doran.
• A Little Cloud -- Little Chandler's dinner with his old friend Ignatius Gallaher casts a light on his own failed literary dreams.
• Counterparts -- Farrington, a frustrated copy clerk, takes out his frustration in pubs and on his son Tom.
• Clay -- A maid, Maria, celebrates Halloween with her brother Joe Donnelly and his family.
• A Painful Case -- Mr. Duffy rebuffs Mrs. Sinico, then four years later realizes he's lost the only chance for love in his life.
• Ivy Day in the Committee Room -- Minor Irish politicians fail to live up to the memory of Charles Stewart Parnell.
• A Mother -- Mrs. Kearney tries to create a perfect piano recital for her daughter Kathleen.
• Grace -- Mr. Kernan injures himself in a bar fall, and his friends try to get him to go on a retreat
• The Dead -- At an Epiphany party Gabriel Conroy offends three women, and realizes that passionless people like himself are already dead. It is often described as the greatest short story ever written.

External link

• Spark Notes
• Classic Notes

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