They All Laughed...Until She Sat Down at the Piano and Started to Play
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Looking for something to read the other day, I scanned a shelf and spotted a slim volume, James Joyce’s “Dubliners” (1914), many of whose stories I had read decades ago. More than halfway through I came across the interesting passage below that I had no memory of. It’s from the story “A Mother.” Note the characterization of the young woman and the talents she develops in the hope of attracting prospective suitors and eventually a husband.
They All Laughed...Until She Sat Down at the Piano and Started to Play
They All Laughed...Until She Sat Down at the…
They All Laughed...Until She Sat Down at the Piano and Started to Play
Looking for something to read the other day, I scanned a shelf and spotted a slim volume, James Joyce’s “Dubliners” (1914), many of whose stories I had read decades ago. More than halfway through I came across the interesting passage below that I had no memory of. It’s from the story “A Mother.” Note the characterization of the young woman and the talents she develops in the hope of attracting prospective suitors and eventually a husband.