Dubliners Dubliners Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character experiences a life-changing self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in
The Man Upstairs (short story collection) Heart Specialist" has written that Arthur should show no resentment to her fiancée, whenever he sees her flirting with other men. "The Matrimonial Sweepstakes", the version of "The Good Angel" as printed in "Cosmopolitan" in the US, features the first appearance in print of the name of Lord Emsworth. The Man Upstairs (short story collection) The Man Upstairs is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 23 January 1914 by Methuen & Co., London. Most of the stories had previously appeared in magazines, generally "Strand Magazine" in the UK and "Cosmopolitan"