# Dubliners — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Dubliners by James Joyce.

- [The Sisters](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/the-sisters.md): A young boy learns of the death of his friend, Father Flynn, and reflects on his relationship with the priest. Through conversations with his aunt and uncle, and later with Father Flynn's sisters, the boy pieces together
- [An Encounter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/an-encounter.md): A young boy, disillusioned with school and seeking real adventure, plans a day of truancy with his friends Leo Dillon and Mahony. After Leo fails to show up, the narrator and Mahony explore Dublin's docks and fields, enc
- [Araby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/araby.md): A young boy living on a quiet, blind street in Dublin becomes infatuated with Mangan's sister, a girl he watches from his window and follows to school each morning. After she speaks to him about the Araby bazaar and expr
- [Eveline](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/eveline.md): Eveline, a young woman burdened by a hard life caring for her father and younger siblings, contemplates escaping her oppressive home by eloping with Frank, a sailor who promises a new life in Buenos Aires. Torn between h
- [After the Race](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/after-the-race.md): Jimmy Doyle, a young Dubliner, spends a day with wealthy Continental friends after a motor race. He enjoys the glamour of their company and invests a large sum of money in Ségouin's motor business. The evening ends with 
- [Two Gallants](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/two-gallants.md): Lenehan and Corley, two young Dublin men, spend an evening together as Corley recounts his manipulation of a servant girl he has been seeing. Lenehan, a parasitic drifter, listens and later follows the couple at a distan
- [The Boarding House](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/the-boarding-house.md): Mrs. Mooney, a determined woman who runs a boarding house, discovers that her daughter Polly is having an affair with a lodger, Mr. Doran. She carefully plans to force Doran into marrying Polly to restore the family's ho
- [A Little Cloud](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/a-little-cloud.md): Little Chandler, a Dubliner trapped in a mundane life, reunites with his old friend Ignatius Gallaher, a successful London journalist. Their conversation highlights Gallaher's worldly experiences and Chandler's frustrate
- [Counterparts](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/counterparts.md): Farrington, a copy clerk in a Dublin office, endures a humiliating confrontation with his boss Mr. Alleyne, who berates him for missing a deadline. After a tense exchange, Farrington apologizes but feels enraged and trap
- [Clay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/clay.md): Maria, a small, unmarried woman who works in a laundry, prepares for a Halloween visit to her former foster-brother Joe's house. She buys cakes and a plumcake, but loses the plumcake on the tram. At Joe's house, she part
- [A Painful Case](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/a-painful-case.md): Mr. James Duffy, a solitary and orderly man, lives a life of routine and emotional isolation. He meets Mrs. Emily Sinico at a concert, and they form a close intellectual and emotional bond. However, when she passionately
- [Ivy Day in the Committee Room](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/ivy-day-in-the-committee-room.md): On a cold, damp October evening, a group of political canvassers gather in a dim committee room to await their candidate, Mr. Tierney. The conversation drifts from personal grievances to heated political debate, centerin
- [A Mother](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/a-mother.md): Mrs. Kearney, a woman of strong will and social ambition, orchestrates her daughter Kathleen's career as an accompanist for a series of concerts organized by Mr. Holohan. When the concert committee attempts to pay Kathle
- [Grace](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/grace.md): Mr. Kernan, recovering from a fall, is visited by friends Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Power, and Mr. M'Coy, who conspire with his wife to draw him back to the Catholic Church. They discuss the priesthood, the Pope, and theology,
- [The Dead](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/the-dead.md): At the annual Christmas party hosted by the Morkan sisters, Gabriel Conroy delivers a speech, dances with Miss Ivors who chides him for writing for a pro-British newspaper, and later learns from his wife Gretta that a so

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