Dubliners contains one of the greatest short stories in the English language, and Finnegan’s Wake is the greatest story in the English language.
Many of the chief characters in Finnegan’s Wake were earlier introduced in Dubliners.
The linguistic experimentation of Dubliners paved the way for the “night language” of Finnegan’s Wake.
Dubliners is a longer book than Finnegan’s Wake.
Dubliners is a more accessible book than Finnegan’s Wake