The Sisters (short story) The Sisters (short story) "The Sisters" is a short story by James Joyce, the first of a series of short stories called "Dubliners". Originally published in the "Irish Homestead" on 13 August 1904, "The Sisters" was Joyce's first published work of fiction. Joyce later revised the story and had it, along with the rest of the series, published in book form in 1914. ″The Sisters″ gives a portrait of the relationship between a nameless boy and the infirm priest Father Flynn. The priest who has been relieved of his priestly duties has acted as a mentor for the boy in
Max Mapes Ellis the region. These discoveries were chronicled in his paper "Gymnotid Eels of Tropical America" which was published in 1913. In 1913, he and Frank Marion Andrews were published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club with an article about the leaf hairs of salvinia natans. His first book, "The Amphibia and Reptilia of Colorado", which he co-wrote with Junius Henderson was published in 1913. His second book, "Fishes of Colorado", was published in 1914. During this time, he and his wife Marion had their first child, Cornelia Grace, who was born in October 1914. He published many articles about