Clay (short story) in a time of religious and political turmoil in Ireland. At the time that "Clay" was written there was a divide among the Irish between those of the Catholic faith and those of the Protestant faith. Clay (short story) "Clay" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." It is important to note that due to this short story being left intentionally vague by its author, there can be numerous interpretations on what occurs in the story and the analysis of it. Maria, an elderly woman with a job in a rescue mission for wayward
The Man in Grey (short story collection) The Man in Grey (short story collection) The Man in Grey by Baroness Orczy, author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel", was first published in 1918. This time Orczy sets the action in post-revolutionary France. The book takes the form of a novel but is divided up into nine inter-connected short stories about the mysterious Man in Grey's adventures in tracking down Royalist criminals for the Government. Set in Napoleonic France in 1809, the west of the country is being terrorised by a group of reckless criminals known as "Chouans" (Screech Owls) because they inflict terror by night and go to ground