An Encounter

by James Joyce

Published 1 December 1982

The Boarding House

by James Joyce

Published 1 January 1982
Mrs. Mooney the boarding-house keeper observes the relationship between her daughter Polly and the lodger Mr. Doran, in this story first published in 1914 in the short-story collection "Dubliners".

Eveline

by James Joyce

Published 1 August 1990
A romance with a sailor gives Eveline a chance to escape from her dreary life caring for her widowered father, but when the time comes she hesitates to take the plunge.