Two Gallants (short story) Two Gallants (short story) "Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement in life and rely on the exploitation of others to live. Joyce considered the story to be one of the most important in "Dubliners." The London house of Grant Richards agreed to publish "Dubliners" in 1905, but there were printing complications and concerns of obscenity. One of the stories with passages in question was “Two Gallants.” Joyce questions Richard's reluctance to publish by asking "Is it
La Maison Tellier (short story collection) the publishing company. The collection was also re-published in an augmented edition a decade later in 1891 with publisher Paul Ollendorff. It included the same set of stories and an additional short story titled "Les Tombales". </small>(date of publication in parenthesis)</small> The 1891 edition included nine stories, eight from the original book and a new short story published in 1891 in the periodical "Gil Blas" and placed as the second story in the collection immediately after "La Maison Tellier", "Les Tombales" (1891). La Maison Tellier (short story collection) La Maison Tellier is a collection of short stories by Guy de