Ivy Day in the Committee Room (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1914
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: The early nineteenth century
- Setting: Dublin
- Principal Characters: Mr. Hynes, Mr. Henchy, Mr. O’Connor, Mr. Crofton, Jack
- Genres: Short fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Culture, Politics, Elections, Government, Ireland or Irish people
The Story
There is much more talk than action in “Ivy Day in the Committee Room.” On a rainy autumn afternoon, election canvassers drift in from the Dublin streets to warm themselves around a meager fire in the election committee room. As the story begins, there are only two people in the dimly lit room: Jack, the old caretaker of the committee room, complains to O’Connor, one of the canvassers, about his uncontrollable, ne’er-do-well son. Jack falls silent, however, as other canvassers join them, and the conversation turns to local politics. Their candidate is...
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