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For Joyce's contemporaneous audience, the term "counterparts" could be expected to suggest (hand-written) duplicate copies of legal documents. [1] At the story's end, Farrington, “the man” is seen to be the "counterpart" of Mr. Alleyne, his superior at his workplace, since he abuses his child at home, just as Mr. Alleyne abuses him at the office.
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. [1] It presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
His collaboration with Alison McGhee called Someday spent two months on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Books. [14] [15] In addition to his children's books, Reynolds also created the award-winning animated short films, The Blue Shoe [16] and Living Forever, [17] as well as the film adaptations of his books The Dot [10] and ...
In 1969 Reynolds moved to Australia, where his career gained a second wind. He appeared in over two dozen roles in his first six years there (1969 to 1974, inclusive), mainly on TV. Amongst his appearances was a leading role in the black comedy film Private Collection (1972). [ 7 ]
Peter or Pete Reynolds may refer to: Peter Reynolds (actor) (1921–1975), British actor; Peter Reynolds (archaeologist) (1939–2001), British archaeologist; Peter Reynolds (composer) (1958–2016), Welsh composer and creator of the opera Sands of Time; Peter Reynolds (physicist), American physicist; Peter Reynolds (rowing) (born 1937 ...
The Dubliners – folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan) Joe Duffy – broadcaster; Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin – stage actress; Joe Elliott – lead singer of Def Leppard; Siobhan Fahey – singer-songwriter, Bananarama and Shakespears Sister; Colin Farrell – actor; Marian Finucane – broadcaster; Barry ...
Counterparts is a 1998 American spy thriller novel written by Gonzalo Lira. Shortly after he graduated from Dartmouth College in October 1996, at age 28, Lira received a million dollar advance from G. P. Putnam's Sons. The unsolicited manuscript for Counterparts had been pulled from a slush pile by a literary agent and forwarded to editors at ...
"The Sisters" is a short story by James Joyce, the first of a series of short stories called Dubliners. Originally published in the Irish Homestead on 13 August 1904, "The Sisters" was Joyce's first published work of fiction. Joyce later revised the story and had it, along with the rest of the series, published in book form in 1914.