Gender Readings. Top Ten. Ренц Т.Г - 88 стр.

of short stories called Dubliners which describes the lives of people in
Dublin. James also wrote two well-known novels. The, first of these,
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is about his own early life. The
other, Ulysses, which is also about life in Dublin, is his best-known
work. Ulysses and Joyce’s last book, Finnegan’s Wake, still arouse a
great deal of discussion in literary circles.

READING NOTES
      Ireland is a poor country, and for many years Irish people have
emigrated to other lands, especially the American continent, to seek a
better living than they could hope for at home. This is the back-
ground to Eveline.
      Her head was leaned. It would be more usual to say “She was
leaning her head”.
      few: not many. Do not confuse it with “a few”, which means
“some”.
      clacking, crunching: these words describe the different sounds
made by the man’s feet as he walked first along the hard concrete
pavement and then on a soft gravel path.
      brown houses: brown because they were built of brown stone,
which had a soft colour. The brick of the new houses was bright red,
and contrasted with it.
      hunt: this suggests that their father threatened them with his
stick to make them go into the house.
      still: this marks a contrast with the previous sentence. It means
“nevertheless” or “in spite of that”.
      Everything changes: the present tense is used here because the
writer is saying something that is always true.
      reviewing: not only looking at, but dunking about, the objects in
the room.
      weigh: consider carefully. Weigh is used in this sense particularly
when opposite points of view are being considered.
      anyway: at least.
      Stores: a capital letter is used because this is the name of a
particular shop where Eveline worked.
      a fellow: this is a colloquial use of fellow to mean a man with
whom a girl is in love.
      Look lively: Be quick.

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