Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914.

They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 - 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic.

He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century.
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