# Little Chandler — Dubliners character guide

> Little Chandler in Dubliners by James Joyce.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Thomas Malone Chandler, Malone Chandler, Tommy, Tom

**First appearance:** 0007-a-little-cloud

## Snapshot

A meticulous, melancholy clerk who measures his small Dublin life against a friend's London success and finds it quietly wanting.

## Who they are

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 barely name. His fragile self-regard and the gap between his fantasies and his circumstances make him a study in thwarted ambition.

## In the story

### [A Little Cloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/a-little-cloud)

The protagonist, a refined but timid clerk who dreams of poetic success and escape from Dublin.

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