Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has been since its publication in 1914. Preface ix Introduction, by Hans Walter Gabler xv Symbols and Sigla xliii The Text of Dubliners 1(196) The Sisters 3(8) An Encounter 11(9) Araby 20(6) Eveline 26(6) After the Race 32(6) Two Gallants 38(11) The Boarding House 49(8) A Little Cloud 57(13) Counterparts 70(12) Clay 82(7) A Painful Case 89(10) Ivy Day in the Committee Room 99(17) A Mother 116(12) Grace 128(23) The Dead 151(46) Contexts A Curious History 197(3) From Gas from a Burner 200(3) Maunsel & Co. Advertisement for Dubliners 203(1) The Sisters Our Weekly Story: The Sisters, The Irish Homestead 204(4) An Encounter Map 208(1) Photograph of the Pigeon House Fort 209(1) Advertisement for Union Jack and Typical Cover of Pluck 210(1) Araby Map 211(1) Words to the Song from the Araby Bazaar 212(1) Back of the Araby Catalogue 213(1) Caroline Norton, The Arab's Farewell to His Steed 213(2) Eveline Our Weekly Story: Eveline, The Irish Homestead 215(4) The Twelve Promises of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque for Those Devoted to His Sacred Heart 219(1) Words and Music to The Lass that loves a Sailor 219(3) After the Race The Motor Derby: Interview with the French Champion, The Irish Times 222(3) Photograph of the Gordon Bennett Race 225(1) Two Gallants Map 226(1) The Boarding House Words to I'm an imp on mischief bent 227(2) A Little Cloud Map 229(1) Advertisement for Corless's Restaurant 230(1) Lord Byron, On the Death of a Young Lady 230(2) Counterparts Map 232(1) Photograph of The Scotch House 233(1) Clay Map 234(1) Photograph of Trams at the Base of Nelson's Pillar 235(1) Words and Music to I dreamt that I dwelt in Marble Halls 235(3) A Painful Case Map 238(1) Photograph of Sydney Parade Station 239(1) Ivy Day in the Committee Room Portrait of Charles Stewart Parnell 240(1) A Mother Announcement of August 1904 Concert and Review from Freeman's Journal 241(1) Grace Leo XIII, Ars Photographica (1867) and On Photography, trans H.T. Henry (1902) 242(1) Pope Leo XIII Being Photographed 242(1) Photograph of St. Francis Xavier Church 243(1) The Parable of the Unjust Steward 243(2) The Dead Map 245(1) Floor Plans for 15 Usher's Island 246(1) Words to Arrayed for the Bridal 247(1) Words to The Lass of Aughrim 247(2) Photograph of the Gresham Hotel 249(4) Criticism David G. Wright Interactive Stories in Dubliners 253(8) Heyward Ehrlich Araby in Context: The Splendid Bazaar, Irish Orientalism, and James Clarence Mangan 261(22) Margot Norris The Perils of Eveline 283(16) James Fairhall Big-Power Politics and Colonial Economics: The Gordon Bennett Cup Race and After the Race 299(10) Fritz Senn The Boarding House Seen as a Tale of Misdirection 309 Morris Beja Farrington the Scrivener: A Story of Dame Street 317(10) Roberta Jackson The Open Closet in Dubliners: James Duffy's Painful Case 327(14) Vincent J. Cheng Empire and Patriarchy in The Dead 341(24) Selected Bibliography 365