Answer:
"Araby" is in fact a short story of James Joyce's collection "Dubliners". The symbolism of the story is particularly appealing - the quest of the little boy (the protagonist of the story), suggested by the image of the chalice, if ultimately futile, condemned by a state of general paralysis of Ireland at that time and of Dubliners especially. Other associations can be detected in the story: the bazaar represents the Roman Catholic Church, Mangan's sister - Ireland, the boy's aunt - the passive, inconsequential voice of women, etc.