ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the early years of the 20th century (1914), what collection of short stories was “Araby” found within?
A
Nine Stories
B
Dubliners
C
Daingean
D
The Daly’s Cross
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Araby” is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. The story traces a young boy’s infatuation with his friend’s sister.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, and was first published in 1914. The stories form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by the modernist Irish writer James Joyce, concerning everyday events in the primarily lower-middle class life of Dublin.

Detailed explanation-4: -One evening she asks him if he plans to go to a bazaar (a fair organized, probably by a church, to raise money for charity) called Araby. The girl will be away on a retreat when the bazaar is held and therefore unable to attend.

Detailed explanation-5: -’The Sisters’. ’Eveline’. ’Araby’. ’A Painful Case’. ’The Dead’. Image: Hardwicke Street, Dublin in c. 1912, via Wikimedia Commons.

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