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- Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce.
- It was published in 1914 and portrays the lives of ordinary people in Dublin.
- The stories are divided into four groups based on different phases of life.
- The feeling of paralysis is a recurring theme in the stories.
- Paralysis is caused by narrow cultural, social, and political traditions.
- Relationships are also conditioned by repressive religious and moral codes.
- Dublin is described as the "centre of paralysis."
- The stories are written in a traditional style but contain elements of Joyce's experimental work.
- There is no moralizing narrative voice and characters' inner thoughts are described.
- Each story is told from the perspective of a particular character.
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