A character in this story once wrote a letter in which he wonders whether words are dull and cold because there is no word tender enough to be his lover's name. A different character in this story repeatedly refuses to understand why Trappist monks sleep in coffins. The protagonist of this story relates the story of his grandfather's horse, which was so used to working in a (*) mill that it walks in circles when tied to a carriage. Near its beginning, the main character insults a servant by asking about her love life, giving that woman, Lily, a coin in recompense. In this story, an opera singer performs a song that reminds Gretta of the love of her youth, Michael Furey, the account of which infuriates Gretta's husband, Gabriel Conroy. For 10 points, name this final
A character in this story once wrote a letter in which he wonders whether words are dull and cold because there is no word tender enough to be his lover's name. A different character in this story repeatedly refuses to understand why Trappist monks sleep in coffins. The protagonist of this story relates the story of his grandfather's horse, which was so used to working in a (*) mill that it walks in circles when tied to a carriage. Near its beginning, the main character insults a servant by asking about her love life, giving that woman, Lily, a coin in recompense. In this story, an opera singer performs a song that reminds Gretta of the love of her youth, Michael Furey, the account of which infuriates Gretta's husband, Gabriel Conroy. For 10 points, name this final story of James Joyce's collection Dubliners.
A character in this story once wrote a letter in which he wonders whether words are dull and cold because there is no word tender enough to be his lover's name.
"The Dead"