Araby

Details

Instance of

literary work

Publication date

1914

Part of the series

Dubliners

Follows

An Encounter

Followed by

Eveline

Author

James Joyce

copyright status

public domain, public domain

first line

North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.

form of creative work

short story

language of work or name

English

last line

Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.

published in

Dubliners

title

Araby