James Joyce's Dubliners, sometimes described as the greatest collection of short stories in the English language, is comprised of stories that, on the surface, are mostly accessible and quick to read. However, they have also been described as "“tantalizingly inscrutable in [their] subtle significations” largely because the collection is a “study of the obliquities, evasions and uncertainties of human consciousness” (Brown). This overview of the collection provides the background behind the sto