# The Dead

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- Book: [The Dead](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-joyce/the-dead) ([The Dead.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-joyce/the-dead.md))
- Authors: [James Joyce](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-joyce)
- Publisher: melville_house
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-16-1219-086-0
- Published: 2011-05-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of. Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's elegant story details...