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Dubliners
00 Jan 1900
by James / Doughty, Del Joyce
- Publisher : Pocket Classics 2005-06-28
- Language : English
- Pages : 294
- ISBN-10 : ?1416500359
- ISBN-13 : 9781416500353
Each volume in a collection of affordable, readable editions of some of the world's greatest works of literature features a chronology of the author's life and career, a concise introduction containing valuable background information, a timeline of signifTitle: DublinersAuthor: Joyce, James/ Doughty, DelPublisher: Pocket ClassicsPublication Date: 2005/06/28Number of Pages: 294Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: 2005276396
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3.8 rating based on 159,041 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1416500359
ISBN-13: 9781416500353
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Although James Joyce began these stories of Dublin life in 1904, when he was 22, and had completed them by the end of 1907, they remained unpublished until 1914 — victims of Edwardian squeamishness. Their vivid, tightly focused observations of the life of Dublin's poorer classes, their unconventional themes, coarse language, and mention of actual people and places made publishers of the day reluctant to undertake sponsorship.
Today, however, the stories are admired for their intense and masterly dissection of "dear dirty Dublin," and for the economy and grace with which Joyce invested this youthful fiction. From "The Sisters," the first story, illuminating a young boy's initial encounter with death, through the final piece, "The Dead," considered a masterpiece of the form, these tales represent, as Joyce himself explained, a chapter in the moral history of Ireland that would give the Irish "one good look at themselves." But in the end the stories are not just about the Irish; they represent moments of revelation common to all people.
3.8 rating based on 159,041 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1416500359
ISBN-13: 9781416500353
Goodreads: 23295
Author(s):
Published: //
Although James Joyce began these stories of Dublin life in 1904, when he was 22, and had completed them by the end of 1907, they remained unpublished until 1914 — victims of Edwardian squeamishness. Their vivid, tightly focused observations of the life of Dublin's poorer classes, their unconventional themes, coarse language, and mention of actual people and places made publishers of the day reluctant to undertake sponsorship.
Today, however, the stories are admired for their intense and masterly dissection of "dear dirty Dublin," and for the economy and grace with which Joyce invested this youthful fiction. From "The Sisters," the first story, illuminating a young boy's initial encounter with death, through the final piece, "The Dead," considered a masterpiece of the form, these tales represent, as Joyce himself explained, a chapter in the moral history of Ireland that would give the Irish "one good look at themselves." But in the end the stories are not just about the Irish; they represent moments of revelation common to all people.
