ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -It was issued on 15 June 1914, eight and a half years since Joyce had first submitted it to him.

Detailed explanation-2: -Grant Richards, who in 1906 had agreed to publish Dubliners, was uneasy over the depiction of the old man at the center of the story and wanted to omit it from the collection. Joyce’s refusal to make this and other changes caused Richards to withdraw his offer to publish the collection.

Detailed explanation-3: -In response Joyce began writing the stories published as Dubliners (1914). Three stories-“The Sisters, ” “Eveline, ” and “After the Race”-had appeared under the pseudonym Stephen Dedalus before the editor decided that Joyce’s work was not suitable for his readers.