Dubliners [Audible Edition]

by James Joyce, Chris O'Dowd (Read by)

Overview

Form-defining short stories. 

First published in 1914, James Joyce defined what the short story could be with his collection, The Dubliners. A mixture of prose and poetry, each story can be listened to independently, or as a collection. From childhood to maturity, we see what life - and ultimately death - can be, via an extraordinary cast of characters, all of whom experience an epiphany. There’s Father Flynn, the priest; Evelyn, the shop girl who dreams of escape; Mrs Mooney, the butcher’s daughter, who runs a boarding house. 

Joyce described the stories as ‘a moral history of my country’. Written by a young Joyce, with the devastating potato famine still in living memory, he wanted to explore the reasons why a city and its occupants could be so paralysed. For the modern listener, the stories also provide a fascinating snapshot of early 20th-century life - from clay pipes to sixpences, petticoats to ginger beer. In your mind’s eye, walk round Stephen’s Green, wander down Grafton Street and over the River Liffey. You’ll never forget this city or its occupants. 

The stories: 

• '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'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781713629566
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	08/17/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

One of the 20th century's greatest writers, James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882, and his native city is at the heart of his best-known books: Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and the short story collection Dubliners. His flowing, sometimes musical, often challenging prose has provoked and inspired generations of readers. He died in 1941.

Date of Birth:

February 2, 1882

Date of Death:

January 13, 1941

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Zurich, Switzerland

Education:

B.A., University College, Dublin, 1902

Website:

http://www.jamesjoyce.ie