Tindall sostiene que el lector de las felicidades narrativas presentes en los cuentos se sorprenderá ante las ordinarieces de la novela, calificada por el propio Joyce de «rubbish», basura.
Tindall argues that the reader of the narrative bliss present in the stories will be surprised at the ordinarieces of the novel, described by Joyce himself as rubbish, rubbish.