Dubliners: Study Guide

Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce that was first published in 1914.

Summary

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Plot Overview

Summary and Analysis
“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”

Characters

See a complete list of the characters in Dubliners and in-depth analyses of Gabriel Conroy, “The Dead”, Eveline, “Eveline”, Farrington, “Counterparts”, and “Araby” narrator.

Character List
Gabriel Conroy, “The Dead”
Eveline, “Eveline”
Farrington, “Counterparts”
“Araby” narrator

Main Ideas

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Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts

Quotes

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Important Quotes Explained

Quotes by Theme
Drunkenness
Inertia
Ambition
Insularity

Quotes by Section
“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”

Quotes by Character
“Araby” Narrator
Eveline, from “Eveline”
Little Chandler, from “A Little Cloud”
Farrington, from “Counterparts”
Gabriel Conroy, from “The Dead”

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Context
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Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading

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