A Painful Case

"A Painful Case"
Short story by James Joyce
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)short story
Publication
Published inDubliners
Publication typeCollection
Media typePrint
Publication date1914
Chronology
 
Clay
 
Ivy Day in the Committee Room

"A Painful Case" is a short story by Irish author James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners.[1] The story details a platonic affair between an isolated man and a married woman, the breaking off of the affair, and its aftermath.

  1. ^ Ellman, Richard (1983). James Joyce, first revised edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 207–210. ISBN 0-19-503381-7.