Bailey Cove Classics: The Dead by James Joyce

(This title may also be freely downloaded as an ebook from HMCPL's Digital Media Zone Public Domain Collection.)

This short story can be found in the book, Dubliners -- "The only volume of stories by one of the greatest literary figures of all time, the Dubliners cycle renders key moments in ordinary lives in less arcane prose than that found in Joyce's novels; yet his carefully worded stories prowl deep in seemingly still psychological waters." -- Publiisher's Weekly