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 successfully 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 former foster child and friend 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. At between 15-16,000 words this story has also been classified a novella.