This is the opening line of “Araby.” Here, Joyce offers his first description of North Richmond Street which is where the majority of the text is set.

“Araby” takes place in a working-class neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland in the early 1900s, when Ireland was still under Britain's colonial rule.

"Araby," a short story in James Joyce's Dubliners, is set in early 20th-century Dublin, Ireland, primarily on North Richmond Street.

Narrated by a preteen boy living with his aunt and uncle on a dead-end street in Dublin, ''Araby'' begins with a description of this small, dull, and ...

The setting in "Araby" reinforces the theme and the characters by using imagery of light and darkness. The experiences of the boy in James Joyce's "Araby" ...

The document is a summary and analysis of the short story "Araby" by James Joyce. It discusses how the story is set in 1900s Ireland, where young love ...

The story unfolded on North Richmond Street, which is a street composed of two rows of houses, in a desolated neighborhood.

Araby: Name of a bazaar (“Araby: a Grand Oriental Fête”) held in Dublin May 14-19, 1894, to benefit a local hospital.

The story takes place in the dark, cold winter. The narrator makes grim references to the death of a priest, "dark dripping gardens," "dark odorous stables," ...