詹姆斯·乔伊斯的《都柏林人》是由十五个故事构成的短篇小说集,它被分成了童年故事、青春期故事、成年生活故事和都柏林社会生活故事四个部分。《一朵小云》是成年生活故事的第一篇,讲述的是小文书钱德勒对于与加拉赫见面的期待以及两者见面以后的所聊所想。标题中的“一朵小云”虽没在故事的描述中出现,它的意象却贯穿着故事的始终。 James Joyce’s Dublin is a short story collection of fifteen stories divided into four parts: a childhood story, a puberty story, an adult life story, and a story about social life in Dublin. “A Little Cloud” is the first story of adult life, tells the small paper Chandler for the meet with Gallaher expectations and after the two chatted thought. The title of “a little cloud” although not in the description of the story appeared, its image runs through the story.