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James Joyce’s first published book, which he wrote when he was still in his twenties, Dubliners is far removed from the bold experimentalism of his later work, but is essential for understanding the author’s development as a writer, and endures as a masterly example of the short-story form. Although ranging considerably in tone, mood and milieu, the fifteen short stories included in this collection all centre around the city of Dublin and its inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth-century. From the unsettling adventure of two truant schoolboys to the crafty schemes of two con-men, from a young woman’s refusal to abandon Ireland and elope with a sailor to a man’s moment of clarity during an annual dance party, these stories offer a moving portrait of an entire world and era which has all but disappeared.

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His writing is not about something; it is that something itself. -- Samuel Beckett
Its deep power abides in the inextricability of Joyce’s masterly control of language and the breadth of his vision. -- Eimear McBride

Dubliners: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics

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      Publisher Alma Classics
      Published 22 June 2017
      ISBN-13 9781847496317
      978-1847496317
      ISBN-10 1847496318
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      James Joyce’s first published book, which he wrote when he was still in his twenties, Dubliners is far removed from the bold experimentalism of his later work, but is essential for understanding the author’s development as a writer, and endures as a masterly example of the short-story form. Although ranging considerably in tone, mood and milieu, the fifteen short stories included in this collection all centre around the city of Dublin and its inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth-century. From the unsettling adventure of two truant schoolboys to the crafty schemes of two con-men, from a young woman’s refusal to abandon Ireland and elope with a sailor to a man’s moment of clarity during an annual dance party, these stories offer a moving portrait of an entire world and era which has all but disappeared.

      Trade Review
      His writing is not about something; it is that something itself. -- Samuel Beckett
      Its deep power abides in the inextricability of Joyce’s masterly control of language and the breadth of his vision. -- Eimear McBride

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