The Boarding House
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"The Boarding House" is a short story by James Joyce, included in his collection Dubliners, that explores themes of social pressure, marriage, and moral ambiguity in early 20th-century Dublin.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | pressure on Mr Doran to marry Polly ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
marriage as social contract
ⓘ
reputation and scandal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints of Irish middle-class society
ⓘ
intersection of sexuality and social convention ⓘ manipulation within family relationships ⓘ |
| firstBookPublication | Dubliners (1914) GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | short story length ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | widely anthologized short story ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
epiphany
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free indirect discourse ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Mr Doran
NERFINISHED
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Mrs Mooney NERFINISHED ⓘ Polly Mooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| partOf | Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInCollectionOrder | seventh story in Dubliners ⓘ |
| protagonist | Mrs Mooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | Grant Richards Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
A Little Cloud
NERFINISHED
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Araby NERFINISHED ⓘ Eveline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | a Dublin boarding house ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Irish literature courses
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modernist literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholic morality
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economic dependence ⓘ gender roles ⓘ marriage ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ respectability ⓘ social pressure ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinDubliners | middle-phase story ⓘ |
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