Dubliners Richard Ellmann has argued, "Joyce claims importance by claiming nothing" His characters' personalities can only be observed because they are not explicitly told. The collection progresses chronologically, beginning with stories of youth and progressing in age to culminate in "The Dead". Emphasis is laid upon the specific geographic details of Dublin, for example, road names and buildings feature extensively. 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
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