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An Encounter

"An Encounter" is a short story by James Joyce. It is second in a collection of Joyce's short stories called Dubliners. In the story, two young boys experience an eerie encounter with a strange, old man. It deals with themes such as routine and wanderlust.

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Genre
short story
Publication date
1914
Country
Ireland
Language
English
Media type
Print
Publication type
Collection

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An Encounter

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples12
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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An Encounter

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related to Online texts · 2
An Encounter → Dubliners, From
Country · 1
An Encounter → Ireland
Genre · 1
An Encounter → short story
Language · 1
An Encounter → English
Media type · 1
An Encounter → Print
Publication date · 1
An Encounter → 1914
Publication type · 1
An Encounter → Collection
Published in · 1
An Encounter → Dubliners
related to External links · 1
An Encounter → LibriVox

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story encounter short dubliners man boy boys routine james joyce collection friend mahony pigeon house joyce's stories young araby adaptation

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
An EncounterCountryIreland1.00infobox
An EncounterGenreshort story1.00infobox
An EncounterLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
An EncounterMedia typePrint1.00infobox
An EncounterPublication date19141.00infobox
An EncounterPublication typeCollection1.00infobox
An EncounterPublished inDubliners1.00infobox
routineinstance ofIt deals with themes0.80text
wanderlustinstance ofIt deals with themes0.80text
An Encounterrelated to External linksLibriVox0.60section
An Encounterrelated to Online textsFrom0.60section
An Encounterrelated to Online textsDubliners0.60section

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