Dubliners | A Mother: Summary and Analysis

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Mrs. Kearney: overbearing mother and socially ambitious member of Dublin middle class

Mr. Kearney: her quiet, ineffectual husband

Kathleen Kearney: her teenage daughter

Mr. Holohan: assistant secretary to the Eire Abu Society

Mr. Fitzpatrick: secretary to the Eire Abu Society

Summary
Mrs. Kearney, a socially ambitious middle-class mother, arranges for her daughter Kathleen to play the piano at a fairly prestigious Celtic revival festival in Dublin. In order for the several performances to turn out splendidly,...


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