In 1905 when James Joyce traied to publish the book it contained only eleven stories. They were rejected for publication because the stories shocked the publishers. Joyce however described the book as his "...little manifesto of Naturalism.".He said: "My intention was to write about moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to me the center of paralysis...".

In 1912 the book was printed added for more three stories including "The Dead", the last one and the most controvertial. In this story Joyce shows the reader the middle class Catholic entrapped in Dublin society through their own inertia or improvident choices. Joyce himself defined "Dubliners" as a physical, moral and social chronicle under four aspects: 1) childhood, 2) adolescence, 3) maturity and 4) public life. The central image in "Dubliners" is the 'creeping insenbility'.

The last story - The Dead - which we are going to discuss is consider as an epilogue or coda - the end of a series of events.

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on Fe

When he said "...- I'd like nothing better this minute [...] than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts." We can understand his attitude like a relief stay out that house and that atmosphere.

"Dubliners" is undoubtedly this portrait. Reading their short stories in sequence or separetedly the reader can easily recognize dubliners 'way of life'. Joyce's intention was that the book could be read like a city's development. The inhabitants of Dublin grow from innocence to experience and that is why the chapters are arranged so. The three first stories reflect the innocence of childhood. The next four bring to life the complexities of adolescence. The next four are all reminders of what maturity means. The last four chapters show the readers what the public life of Dublin was all about.

James was sent to Clongowes Wood School in 1888 - he was only six years old. Clongowes Wood School was a Jesuit institution considered as the best preparatory school in Ireland at that time. Like all Irish catholics, the Joyces had a tradition of legal and cultural repression.

Aunt Julia is the younger aunt and with his sister Kate the hostess of the party. She still sings and teaches music lessons.

The title of the story, the names of the characters, the music, the shadows, the snow, the Bible passages are clearly understood as strong symbols about what the author intends to transmit is this story.

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