A Mother

short story by James Joyce
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A Mother

Summary

A Mother is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Mother authored James Joyce[3].
  • A Mother's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • A Mother followed Ivy Day in the Committee Room[5].
  • A Mother was followed by Grace[6].
  • A Mother's part of the series is recorded as Dubliners[7].
  • A Mother's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • A Mother was released on 1914[9].
  • A Mother's published in is recorded as Dubliners[10].
  • A Mother's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Mother'}[11].
  • A Mother's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mr Holohan, assistant secretary of the Eire Abu Society, had been walking up and down Dublin for nearly a month, with his hands and pockets full of dirty pieces of paper, arranging about the series of concerts.'}[12].
  • A Mother's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '“You did the proper thing, Holohan,” said Mr O’Madden Burke, poised upon his umbrella in approval.'}[13].
  • A Mother's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • A Mother's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • A Mother's form of creative work is recorded as short story[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6d566976-ef6a-4cc4-9651-17f3fe172679[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Mother authored James Joyce[3].

Publication

A Mother was published on 1914[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as Dubliners[7].

Subject and Themes

A Mother's part of the series is recorded as Dubliners[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Mother followed Ivy Day in the Committee Room[5]. It was followed by Grace[6].

Why It Matters

A Mother ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). A Mother. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-mother
MLA “A Mother.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-mother.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_a-mother_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{A Mother}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-mother}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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