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James Joyce’s “The Dead” is a tale of love and loss as well as a thoughtful contemplation of Irish identity
. The story follows husband and wife Gabriel and Gretta Conroy as they attend a dance and dinner party held by Gabriel’s aunts. It is the final and longest short story in Dubliners, a collection of 15 short stories set in Dublin, which was first published in 1914. “The Dead” and the 14 other short stories offer a realistic depiction of what life was like for the Irish middle class in the early 20th century. The story was memorably and faithfully adapted in a film called The Dead by director John Huston in 1987.Read the free full text, the full story summary, the full story analysis, and explanations of important quotes from “The Dead.”
