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Coming indirectly through the early pages of Ellman’s biography are real and fictional references to the Dublin social strata from which Joyce emerged. The outstanding marks of the class are found in the main activities carried out (mainly) by its working male population. These activities were strongly related to business undertakings and the professions. The Joyces were business people of Cork (if at times inept). The O’Connor family into which Joyce’s grandfather married were also involved in
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