'Araby' is a short story by James Joyce, published in his 1914 collection 'Dubliners', which follows a young boy's infatuation with a girl named Mangan's sister. He makes a promise to bring her a gift from the bazaar called Araby, but after facing delays and obstacles, he arrives too late to find anything desirable for her. The story explores themes of loss of innocence, frustration, and the impact of religious and societal expectations.

1. “Araby”
Short story by James Joyce

2. Table of contents
Introduction
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Character chart
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Themes
04
About author
About short story
“Araby”
About story
About story
Brief summary

3. Introduction
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About author

4. James Joyce
• James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet and
literary critic.
• He contributed to the modernist avant-
garde movement and is regarded as one of the
most influential and important writers of the
20th century.

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• Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes
of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles,
particularly stream of consciousness.
• Other well-known works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914),
and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)
and Finnegans Wake (1939).
• His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, letters, and
occasional journalism.

6. Brief summary
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About short story

7. Summary
• "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.
• A young boy who is similar in age and
temperament to those in "The Sisters" and "An
Encounter" develops a crush on Mangan's
sister, a girl who lives across the street.

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• 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. The boy promises that if he goes he will
bring her something from Araby.
• The boy lived with his uncle and aunt. The narrator’s house former
tenant, priest who died in the drawing room. He is referenced
because some of his belongings, including three books that the
narrator is interested in, are still at the house.

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• The boy requests and receives permission to attend the bazaar on
Saturday night. When Saturday night comes, however, his uncle returns
home late, possibly having visited a pub after work.
• After much anguished waiting, the boy receives money for the bazaar, but
by the time he arrives at Araby, it is too late. The event is shutting down
for the night, and he does not have enough money to buy something nice
for Mangan's sister anyway. The boy sobs in frustration.

10. Characters chart
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About story

11. Characters list
1. The narrator
2. The narrator’s uncle
3. The narrator’s aunt
4. Mangan’s sister
5. The priest
6. Mrs. Mercer
7. Mangan

12. Themes
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About story

13. Themes
1. Loss of innocence
2. Religion, Public and
Private
3. Generation Gap
4. Fantasizing and day
dreaming
5. Frustration

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