Dubliners by James Joyce

"Dubliners" by James Joyce is a collection of fifteen short stories written from 1904 to 1907 and published in 1914. Set in early twentieth-century Dublin, these stories portray Irish middle-class life through a lens of paralysis and disillusionment. Joyce holds up a mirror to his countrymen, exploring themes of nationalism, Catholicism, and British rule. The collection progresses chronologically from childhood through public life, with characters experiencing moments of sudden self-understanding. Each story captures lives marked by stagnation, failed dreams, and the struggle for spiritual liberation in a city caught at history's crossroads. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Joyce, James, 1882-1941
Title Dubliners
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubliners
Contents The sisters -- An encounter -- Araby -- Eveline -- After the race -- Two gallants -- The boarding house -- A little cloud -- Counterparts -- Clay -- A painful case -- Ivy day in the committee room -- A mother -- Grace -- The dead.
Credits David Reed, Karol Pietrzak and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Short stories
Subject Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 2814
Release Date
Last Update May 21, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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