Dubliners · Character
Little Chandler
A meticulous, melancholy clerk who measures his small Dublin life against a friend's London success and finds it quietly wanting.
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Also known as Thomas Malone Chandler, Malone Chandler, Tommy, Tom
First appearance: A Little Cloud
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The protagonist, a refined but timid clerk who dreams of poetic success and escape from Dublin.
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Chandler works at the King's Inns, takes care of his hands and hair, and dreams of writing poetry he never reads aloud to his wife. Meeting Gallaher after eight years stirs both admiration and a sharper envy he can…
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Farrington’s psychological peak occurs here as his simmering resentment and humiliation explode into a direct,…
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See Little Chandler in A Little Cloud