"The Dead" (adapted into a 1987 film), p. 198 (Penguin Books 1976 edition).
• Setting: Dublin, Ireland. Author nationality: Irish. First published: London, England.
• Setting: Dublin, Ireland. Author nationality: Irish. First published: London, England.
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And why couldn't he have a voice too? asked Freddy Malins sharply. Is it because he's only a black? Nobody answered this question and Mary Jane led the table back to the legitimate opera.
— James Joyce
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And why couldn't he have a voice too? asked Freddy Malins sharply. Is it because he's only a black? Nobody answered this question and Mary Jane led the table back to the legitimate opera." in the context of ""The Dead" (adapted into a 1987 film), p. 198 (Penguin Books 1976 edition).
• Setting: Dublin, Ireland. Author nationality: Irish. First published: London, England." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "James Joyce" (Quotes, Dubliners (1914))
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About James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century.
About James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century.
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