The Dead
by James Joyce
Buy on Amazon"The Dead" is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. It is by far the longest story in the collection and, at 15,952 words, is almost long enough to be described as a novella. The story deals with themes of love and loss, as well as raising questions about the nature of the Irish identity.
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"James Joyce's "The Dead," the longest story in his marvelous "Dubliners," brings tears to one's eyes precisely because the revelation at the end is unexpected yet very believable."
By the Book: A B Yehoshua · nytimes.com
"Another recent encounter has been Joyce’s “The Dead,” which I’ve read many times. It needs to be considered as a novella, the perfect novella, entirely separate from the rest of “Dubliners.”"
By the Book: Ian McEwan · nytimes.com