These stories reinvented the art of fiction. Touching on themes of childhood, adolescence, public life, and maturity, this varied collection creates an incisive portrait of ordinary life in Joyce's native city. Part 1 contains the first 10stories from the collection: The Sisters, An Encounter, Araby, Eveline, After the Race, Two Gallants, The Boarding House, A Little Cloud, Counterparts, and Clay.