Dubliners

There was no hope for him this time. it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the...

Thats my principle, too, said my uncle. Let him learn to box his corner. Thats what Im always...

The reading of the card persuaded me that he was dead and I was disturbed to find myself at check....

In the evening my aunt took me with her to visit the house of mourning. It was after sunset; but...

We blessed ourselves and came away. In the little room downstairs we found Eliza seated in his arm...

But still and all he kept on saying that before the summer was over hed go out for a drive one fine...

That affected his mind, she said. After that he began to mope by himself, talking to no one and...

A spirit of unruliness diffused itself among us and, under its influence, differences of culture...

The summer holidays were near at hand when I made up my mind to break out of the weariness of...

We walked along the North Strand Road till we came to the Vitriol Works and then turned to the...

When we were tired of this sight we wandered slowly into Ringsend. The day had grown sultry, and in...

He stopped when he came level with us and bade us good day. We answered him and he sat down beside...

After a long while his monologue paused. He stood up slowly, saying that he had to leave us for a...

The man continued his monologue. He seemed to have forgotten his recent liberalism. He said that if...

North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian...

Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. The blind was pulled down...

At last she spoke to me. When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that I did not...

As he was in the hall I could not go into the front parlour and lie at the window. I left the house...

At nine oclock I heard my uncles latchkey in the halldoor. I heard him talking to himself and heard...

I could not find any sixpenny entrance and, fearing that the bazaar would be closed, I passed in...

I lingered before her stall, though I knew my stay was useless, to make my interest in her wares...

She had consented to go away, to leave her home. Was that wise. She tried to weigh each side of the...

The evening deepened in the avenue. The white of two letters in her lap grew indistinct. One was to...

She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape. She must escape. Frank would save her. He would...

The cars came scudding in towards Dublin, running evenly like pellets in the groove of the Naas...

The car ran on merrily with its cargo of hilarious youth. The two cousins sat on the front seat;...

They drove down Dame Street. The street was busy with unusual traffic, loud with the horns of...

That night the city wore the mask of a capital. The five young men strolled along Stephens Green in...

Cards. cards. The table was cleared. Villona returned quietly to his piano and played voluntaries...

The grey warm evening of August had descended upon the city and a mild warm air, a memory of...

One night, man, he said, I was going along Dame Street and I spotted a fine tart under Waterhouses...

Lenehan offered his friend a cigarette. As the two young men walked on through the crowd Corley...

They walked along Nassau Street and then turned into Kildare Street. Not far from the porch of the...

Lenehan walked as far as the Shelbourne Hotel where he halted and waited. After waiting for a...

He was hungry for, except some biscuits which he had asked two grudging curates to bring him, he...

He left his friends at a quarter to ten and went up Georges Street. He turned to the left at the...

They turned down Baggot Street and he followed them at once, taking the other footpath. When they...

Corley halted at the first lamp and stared grimly before him. Then with a grave gesture he extended...

Mrs Mooneys young men paid fifteen shillings a week for board and lodgings beer or stout at dinner...

It was a bright Sunday morning of early summer, promising heat, but with a fresh breeze blowing....

She counted all her cards again before sending Mary up to Mr Dorans room to say that she wished to...

All his long years of service gone for nothing. All his industry and diligence thrown away. As a...

On nights when he came in very late it was she who warmed up his dinner. He scarcely knew what he...

Going down the stairs his glasses became so dimmed with moisture that he had to take them off and...

She waited on patiently, almost cheerfully, without alarm, her memories gradually giving place to...

As he sat at his desk in the Kings Inns he thought what changes those eight years had brought. The...

He had never been in Corlesss but he knew the value of the name. He knew that people went there...

Every step brought him nearer to London, farther from his own sober inartistic life. A light began...

Hallo, Tommy, old hero, here you are. What is it to be. What will you have. Im taking whisky....

Tommy, he said, I see you havent changed an atom. Youre the very same serious person that used to...

Everything in Paris is gay, said Ignatius Gallaher. They believe in enjoying life and dont you...

Ill tell you my opinion, said Ignatius Gallaher, emerging after some time from the clouds of smoke...

Well, Tommy, he said, I wish you and yours every joy in life, old chap, and tons of money, and may...

Why, man alive, said Ignatius Gallaher, vehemently, do you know what it is. Ive only to say the...

He looked coldly into the eyes of the photograph and they answered coldly. Certainly they were...

The child awoke and began to cry. He turned from the page and tried to hush it. but it would not be...

The man muttered Blast him. under his breath and pushed back his chair to stand up. When he stood...

Mr Shelley said, sir.... Kindly attend to what I say and not to what Mr Shelley says, sir. You have...

He returned to his desk in the lower office and counted the sheets which remained to be copied. He...

Darkness, accompanied by a thick fog, was gaining upon the dusk of February and the lamps in...

The man returned to the lower office and sat down again at his desk. He stared intently at the...

There was a pause in the very breathing of the clerks. Everyone was astounded the author of the...

He felt his great body again aching for the comfort of the public house. The fog had begun to chill...

Just as they were naming their poisons who should come in but Higgins. Of course he had to join in...

When Paddy Leonard called him he found that they were talking about feats of strength. Weathers was...

His tram let him down at Shelbourne Road and he steered his great body along in the shadow of the...

The matron had given her leave to go out as soon as the womens tea was over and Maria looked...

The women would have their tea at six oclock and she would be able to get away before seven. From...

When the cook told her everything was ready she went into the womens room and began to pull the big...

She got out of her tram at the Pillar and ferreted her way quickly among the crowds. She went into...

But Maria said she had brought something special for papa and mamma, something they would be sure...

They led her up to the table amid laughing and joking and she put her hand out in the air as she...

I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls With vassals and serfs at my side And of all who assembled...

Mr Duffy abhorred anything which betokened physical or mental disorder. A medival doctor would have...

One evening he found himself sitting beside two ladies in the Rotunda. The house, thinly peopled...

Meeting her a third time by accident he found courage to make an appointment. She came. This was...

He went often to her little cottage outside Dublin; often they spent their evenings alone. Little...

One evening as he was about to put a morsel of corned beef and cabbage into his mouth his hand...

James Lennon, driver of the engine, stated that he had been in the employment of the railway...

Mr H. B. Patterson Finlay, on behalf of the railway company, expressed his deep regret at the...

The Deputy Coroner said it was a most painful case, and expressed great sympathy with Captain...

The proprietor served him obsequiously but did not venture to talk. There were five or six...

When he gained the crest of the Magazine Hill he halted and looked along the river towards Dublin,...

Mr OConnor, a grey haired young man, whose face was disfigured by many blotches and pimples, had...

Ah, yes, he said, continuing, its hard to know what way to bring up children. Now whod think hed...

Sure, amnt I never done at the drunken bowsy ever since he left school. I wont keep you, I says....

The working man, said Mr Hynes, gets all kicks and no halfpence. But its labour produces...

Its no go, said Mr Henchy, shaking his head. I asked the little shoeboy, but he said. Oh, now, Mr...

To tell you my private and candid opinion, he said, I think hes a man from the other camp. Hes a...

O, but I know it for a fact, said Mr Henchy. Theyre Castle hacks.... I dont say Hynes.... No, damn...

I asked that little shoeboy three times, said Mr Henchy, would he send up a dozen of stout. I asked...

Faith, Mr Henchy, said the old man, youd keep up better style than some of them. I was talking one...

Yes. I got him one or two sure things in Dawson Street, Crofton and myself. Between ourselves, you...

Mr Crofton sat down on a box and looked fixedly at the other bottle on the hob. He was silent for...

Parnell, said Mr Henchy, is dead. Now, heres the way I look at it. Heres this chap come to the...

Right you are, Crofton. said Mr Henchy fiercely. He was the only man that could keep that bag of...

Mr Holohan, assistant secretary of the Eire Abu Society, had been walking up and down Dublin for...

When the Irish Revival began to be appreciable Mrs Kearney determined to take advantage of her...

The concerts were to be on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. When Mrs Kearney arrived with...

Mr Holohan admitted that the artistes were no good but the Committee, he said, had decided to let...

Little boys were sent out into the principal streets of Dublin early on Friday morning with bundles...

The artistes were arriving. The bass and the second tenor had already come. The bass, Mr Duggan,...

Mrs Kearney brought her daughter over to them, and talked to them amiably. She wanted to be on good...

The two men went along some tortuous passages and up a dark staircase and came to a secluded room...

Mr Holohan pointed desperately towards the hall where the audience was clapping and stamping. He...

But Kathleen gathered in her skirt and said. Now, Mr Bell, to the first item, who was shaking like...

In another corner of the room were Mrs Kearney and her husband, Mr Bell, Miss Healy and the young...

After that Mrs Kearneys conduct was condemned on all hands. everyone approved of what the Committee...

The ring of onlookers distended and closed again elastically. A dark medal of blood had formed...

A young man in a cycling suit cleared his way through the ring of bystanders. He knelt down...

They shook hands. Mr Kernan was hoisted on to the car and, while Mr Power was giving directions to...

Mr Kernan was a commercial traveller of the old school which believed in the dignity of its...

Mr Power was careful to explain to her that he was not responsible, that he had come on the scene...

Mr Kernan sent a letter to his office next day and remained in bed. She made beef tea for him and...

Mr Cunningham was the very man for such a case. He was an elder colleague of Mr Power. His own...

The gentlemen began to talk of the accident. Mr Cunningham said that he had once known a similar...

He wished the details of the incident to remain vague. He wished his friends to think there had...

At dinner, you know. Then he has a bloody big bowl of cabbage before him on the table and a bloody...

The gentlemen drank again, one following anothers example. Mr Kernan seemed to be weighing...

A pale oval face came forward into the light. The arch of its fair trailing moustache was repeated...

Mr Fogarty interrupted. He took up the bottle and helped the others to a little more. Mr MCoy,...

Mr Cunninghams words had built up the vast image of the church in the minds of his hearers. His...

In one of the benches near the pulpit sat Mr Cunningham and Mr Kernan. In the bench behind sat Mr...

Father Purdon developed the text with resonant assurance. It was one of the most difficult texts in...

Lily, the caretakers daughter, was literally run off her feet. Hardly had she brought one gentleman...

He continued scraping his feet vigorously while the three women went upstairs, laughing, to the...

He was a stout tallish young man. The high colour of his cheeks pushed upwards even to his forehead...

No, said Gabriel, turning to his wife, we had quite enough of that last year, hadnt we. Dont you...

Goloshes. said Mrs Conroy. Thats the latest. Whenever its wet underfoot I must put on my goloshes....

At the same moment a clapping of hands and a final flourish of the pianist told that the waltz had...

Mr Browne led his charges thither and invited them all, in jest, to some ladies punch, hot, strong...

Freddy Malins bade the Misses Morkan good evening in what seemed an offhand fashion by reason of...

Gabriels eyes, irritated by the floor, which glittered with beeswax under the heavy chandelier,...

A look of perplexity appeared on Gabriels face. It was true that he wrote a literary column every...

Gabriel tried to cover his agitation by taking part in the dance with great energy. He avoided her...

Gabriel hardly heard what she said. Now that supper was coming near he began to think again about...

I was just telling my mother, he said, I never heard you sing so well, never. No, I never heard...

O, I dont question the popes being right. Im only a stupid old woman and I wouldnt presume to do...

A fat brown goose lay at one end of the table and at the other end, on a bed of creased paper...

He set to his supper and took no part in the conversation with which the table covered Lilys...

All the gentlemen, except Gabriel, ate some of the pudding out of compliment to Aunt Julia. As...

The raisins and almonds and figs and apples and oranges and chocolates and sweets were now passed...

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is not the first time that we have gathered together under this hospitable...

But yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into a softer inflection, there are always in...

Gabriel glanced down at his aunts and, seeing the large smile on Aunt Julias face and the tears...

At that moment the hall door was opened and Mr Browne came in from the doorstep, laughing as if his...

Out from the mansion of his forefathers, continued Gabriel, he drove with Johnny. And everything...

Gabriel had not gone to the door with the others. He was in a dark part of the hall gazing up the...

He went into the pantry hastily and put on his overcoat. The others, taken aback by his rude...

She was walking on before him with Mr Bartell DArcy, her shoes in a brown parcel tucked under one...