The Sisters: Short Story

A boy who has become close to a priest, Father Flynn, is told of the priest’s death at dinner by his family. After dinner, the boy’s anguish over the priest’s death leads to a night of terrible dreams.

Critically acclaimed author James Joyce’s Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin in the early twentieth century. First published in 1914, the stories draw on themes relevant to the time such as nationalism and Ireland’s national identity, and cement Jo...