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Dubliners

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

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Unnamed Boy (“The Sisters,” “An Encounter,” “Araby”)
Gabriel Conroy (“The Dead”)

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If you were stranded on a deserted island, which possible new world leader would you call for advice?

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Humiliated by his boss (Mr. Alleyne) at the law firm in which he works, a copy clerk named Farrington pawns his watch and spends the money on a night of drinking in Dublin pubs. Afterward, he goes to his house in the suburbs, where he vents his rage by beating one of his five children (Tom).

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