Exiles (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: 1912
- Setting: Merrion and Ranelagh, Dublin suburbs
- Principal Characters: Richard Rowan, Bertha, Archie, Robert Hand, Beatrice Justice
- Genres: Naturalistic literature, Drama
- Subjects: Freedom, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Exile or expatriates, 1910’s, Ireland or Irish people, Modernism
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
The Story:
Richard Rowan and Bertha, unmarried lovers, returned from Italy with their eight-year-old son Archie to Dublin, where, although physically at home, they were in spiritual exile. The two people most involved in their return were Robert and Beatrice, first cousins once engaged to be married. Robert, however, had always been dominated by Richard’s ideas and was tenuously in love with Bertha. When he recognized Bertha’s love for Richard, he had been gradually drawn to Beatrice, who was in love with him. She too had always been fascinated by Richard, and had found...
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