The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglomerate Network and Lit Hub Radio.

Hello, everyone, This is Jack in 2024. Today we are returning to the archives for the conclusion to the dead by James Joyce, the best Christmas story ever written, in my opinion.

Maybe the best story ever written, period.

It's certainly up there. A full episode is in the archives, but in this special ad-free version,

we will deliver it to you without commercial interruption. If you missed part one from yesterday,

you might want to listen to that episode first.

And now let's go straight to the episode from 2017,

the conclusion to James Joyce's The Dead.

The Dead.

Music If you'll be the last walk

a greek As for a book, as I'm taking you to be.

There we go.

That's a famous song in the literary world, at least.

Though perhaps not so famous outside of it. It's a song song in the literary world, at least. Though perhaps, not so famous

outside of it, it's a song that conjures up a lot of emotions, an epiphonic song, one might say.

We'll explain all of that today as we embark upon part two of our look at James Joyce's masterpiece

of a short story, The Dead. That's today on the history of literature.

Happy Kringle, everyone.

I hope you're enjoying the holidays with friends and loved ones.

I certainly am.

My kids are excited, as always, and my wife and I are exhausted, as always.

You know, as a parent, everything that's fun turns out to be exhausting.

...