Fifteen stories present working-class people in turn-of-the-century Dublin. The unified artistic collection emphasizes grim realities: human limitations, unfulfilled longings, societal paralysis, disappointments, and insights. The texts emphasize traps that prevent fulfillment and self-actualization. Dubliners challenges us to choose life, not to succumb to pettiness and moral paralysis.

Supplementary materials include culminating activities and quizzes with answer keys.