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Corley

A bulky, boastful Dublin ladies' man who walks like a conqueror and treats courtship as a transaction to be closed.

supporting

First appearance: Two Gallants

As a supporting figure in Dubliners, Corley is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A boastful and manipulative man who exploits a servant girl for money and favors, treating her as a conquest.
In the storyTwo GallantsOpen this moment free

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Corley dominates the pavement with his solid boots and swaying head, confident that he can 'pull off' whatever scheme he and Lenehan have hatched. He is vain, calculating, and casually contemptuous of the women he…

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Character Web

4 connections

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LELenehanMSMangan's SisterMAMariaLCLittle ChandlerCOCorley

Relationship types

  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Street-level schemers and infatuations
  • Central protagonists and catalysts

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Farrington’s psychological peak occurs here as his simmering resentment and humiliation explode into a direct,…

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Relationships

  • Lenehan

    friendship · ambivalent

    Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →

  • Lenehan

    friendship · ambivalent

    Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →

  • Lenehan

    friendship · ambivalent

    Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →

Relationship notes

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In the story

Corley appears across 1 companion beat. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

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