The Dead
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ISBN-13:9780974960906
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LILY, the caretaker's daughter, was literally run off her feet. Hardly had she brought one gentleman into the little pantry behind the office on the ground floor and helped him off with his overcoat than the wheezy hall-door bell clanged again and she had to scamper along the bare hallway to let in ...
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4/5
Reviewed by last2ndread on Jan 12, 2010
Recommended
Still a wonderful look at the happening and lives of those in Ireland. One of Joyce's best stories.
5/5 
Reviewed by henryplayfoot on Jan 4, 2010
Fond memories reinforced
I first read this as part of the wider collection over 20 years ago, when I was still at school... I recall how deeply it touched me, and felt this particular story had an emotional resonance and depth that eclipsed all the other stories in this exceptional collection.
Yes, there is a deep melancholy here, but it is leavened by such vivid characters and a powerful evocation of a Christmas gathering that I find it uplifting and hugely life-affirming.
Recommended...
1/5 
Reviewed by TerriLynn on Oct 14, 2009
I must be missing something
I have no clue what the moral of this story was supposed to be. I found it boring and depressing.
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Ratings for 'The Dead' by Joyce, James
| airasothis | | 2008-10-11 | |
| awarshauer | | 2009-02-11 | |
| calxe | | 2009-10-16 | |
| CatieScarlette | | 2010-07-01 | |
| christinethebean88 | | 2010-06-16 | |
| cmummert | | 2009-07-26 | |
| henryplayfoot | | Read review | 2010-01-04 |
| Kimmberlie |  | 2009-06-27 | |
| last2ndread | | Read review | 2010-01-12 |
| meenakshi | | 2009-02-21 | |
| megamoxie | | 2009-05-24 | |
| n_scotchmer | | 2011-10-10 | |
| phaedrus_001 | | 2009-02-26 | |
| TerriLynn | | Read review | 2009-10-14 |
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