# Dubliners — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Dubliners by James Joyce.

- [The Sisters](https://www.betterreads.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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 

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- [Two Gallants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/two-gallants.md)
- [The Boarding House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/the-boarding-house.md)
- [A Little Cloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/a-little-cloud.md)
- [Counterparts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/counterparts.md)
- [Clay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/clay.md)
- [A Painful Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/a-painful-case.md)
- [Ivy Day in the Committee Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/ivy-day-in-the-committee-room.md)
- [A Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/a-mother.md)
- [Grace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/grace.md)
- [The Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/the-dead.md)

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