The Dead
by James Joyce
Published for the first time: 1/1/1914
100 pages, Paperback
Genres: Novella, Irish Literature, Ireland, Literature, Fiction, Short Stories, Classics
Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve gathering in Dublin that is so evocative and beautiful that it prompts the protagonist's wife to make a shocking revelation to her husband—closing the story with an emotionally powerful epiphany that is considered one of the best in modern literature.
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