James Joyce
The Dead
Lily seldom made a mistake in the orders, so she got on well with her three mistresses. Gabriel stood on the mat while Lily led his wife to the foot, and then his aunts and wife kissed him...
Grace
Two gentlemen tried to lift the man up, but a constable entered and took him by the other arm. The manager brought the constable to inspect the scene of the accident. Mr Kernan tasted tea and was...
A Mother
Mrs Kearney bought some blush-pink charmeuse in Brown Thomas's to let into the front of Kathleen's dress, but when she arrived at the Antient Concert Rooms she saw at once that the house was filled...
Ivy Day In The Committee Room
Old Jack raked the cinders together and spread them judiciously over the whitening dome of coals. Mr Henchy snuffled and spat so copiously that he nearly put out the fire. A man resembling a poor...
A Painful Case
Mr James Duffy lived in Chapelizod because he wished to live as far away from the city of which he was a. He had an odd autobiographical habit and walked firmly, carrying a stout hazel. One...
Clay
Maria looked forward to her evening out, but hoped that Joe wouldn't come in drunk. She talked a little through her nose, always soothingly, and took out her purse with the silver clasps. When the...
Counterparts
Miss Parker returned to her machine and asked a man at a desk why he hadn't made a copy of the contract between Bodley and Kirwan. Mr Alleyne began to upset all the papers, searching for something,...
A Little Cloud
Little Chandler walked swiftly down Henrietta Street, giving them no thought, and pursued his revery so ardently that he passed his street and had to turn back. Little Chandler shook his head at...
The Boarding House
Mr Mooney went to the devil after his father-in-law died and had to enlist as a sheriff's man to pay his debts. Mrs Mooney watched the servant remove the breakfast things as Sheridan played waltzes...
Two Gallants
Two young men came down the hill of Rutland Square, one of them was just bringing a long monologue to a close. He was a sporting vagrant armed with a vast stock of stories. Lenehan offered his...
After The Race
A party of four young men arrived in Dublin in a trimly built car. Their spirits seemed to be above the level of successful Gallicism, and they set out to translate the lordly car into days'...
Eveline
She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. The children of the avenue used to play together in a field, but Ernest never played because he was too grown up. Eveline looked round...