"Dubliners", a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, was first published #OTD in 1914.
The stories centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany (a moment where a character experiences a life-changing self-understanding or illumination) and the theme of paralysis (Joyce felt Irish nationalism stagnated cultural progression, placing Dublin at the heart of a regressive movement). via @Wikipedia
Dubliners is available at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814
