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Dubliners comprises fifteen short stories, which Joyce intended should accurately reflect the life of the Irish middle class. Each story centers around the moment of epiphany, when a character suddenly understands something about themselves or their life and surroundings that they didn't understand before. The protagonists of the stories progress as a life progresses: from children to adolescents, to adults and the elderly.
2) Dubliners
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Fifteen stories evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of Dublin at the turn of the century.
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A portrait is a key example of the Keunstlerroman (an Artist's Buldungsroman) in English literature. Joyce's novel trace the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the Catholic and Irish conventions in which he has been raise.
4) Ulysses
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The unique Dublin Illustrated Edition, endorsed by The James Joyce Centre, meticulously recreates the 1922 text. Ulysses chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses' stream-of-consciousness technique, careful structuring, and experimental prose -- full of puns, parodies, and allusions, as well as its rich characterisations and broad humour -- made the book a highly regarded novel in the Modernist...
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This early work by James Joyce was originally published in 1939 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Finnegans Wake' is a an experimental novel of comic fiction. James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1882. He excelled as a student at the Jesuit schools Clongowes and Belvedere, and then at University College Dublin, where he studied English, French, and Italian. Joyce produced several prominent works, including: 'Ulysses',...
6) The Dead
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"The Dead" is the final and longest story in the Dubliners, a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce. First published in 1904, the stories aim to capture Irish middle class life as it really was around Dublin at the turn-of-the-century. Like many of Joyce's tales in the collection, "The Dead" features a transformative epiphany, where a character experiences a sudden insight into their life that changes the way they see everything. In what...
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Although best known for his novels, James Joyce also wrote extensively on the subjects of cultural history, literature, politics, and censorship. This compilation highlights some of the Irish author's best nonfiction, featuring newspaper and magazine articles, essays, and transcriptions of lectures. Many of these selections, which offer insights into the development of Joyce's distinctive literary voice, are studied in schools around the world. Writings...
8) Exiles
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"Exiles" is his only play, which he wrote in the midst of composing "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses." Joyce noted Henrik Ibsen and his last play "When We Dead Awaken" as major influences. He described the play itself as "three cat and mouse acts," a story that chronicles a group of people trying to come to grips with reconciling idealistic principles with their own passions.
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A collection of Love Poems "Welladay! Welladay!, For the winds of May!, Love is unhappy when love is away!" The title of the book, "Chamber Music," was reportedly a pun relating to the sound of urine tinkling in a chamber pot, though this seems to be a later embellishment by Joyce of the title's meaning.
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The final (and longest) story in James Joyce's short story collection "The Dubliners," "The Dead" is one of Joyce's most beloved works of short fiction.
Taking place at Christmastime, the tale revolves around Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta, who are attending a holiday party hosted by Gabriel's elderly aunts. In typical Joycean style, this seemingly mundane setting hides many of the guests' secrets and mysteries, not the least of which is...
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Jimmy Doyle, a college student, is well-connected and has many wealthy friends. He enjoys the glamorous company, and his parents are proud. At dinner one evening, Jimmy and his friend entertain an English nobleman named Routh. After much drinking they decide to play a few hands and gamble, and although Jimmy loses numerous times, he is still able to fit in and keep up a joyous front.Critically acclaimed author James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection...
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Life is an experience that is, played out in our minds. Understanding our minds inner workings and nuances is the key to finding health, happiness and joy for the time we are on Earth. Coming to terms with our mind is a monumental challenge we all face. If we are able to understand the machine that is our brain, we can truly enjoy life and all of its offerings. We have all heard the saying find yourself or get in touch with yourself; or in Shakespearean...
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During the Irish Revival Mrs. Kearney decides to earn her family a higher social position by means of her daughter and obtains for her a contract to play a series of piano concerts. When the concerts are not as successful as Mrs. Kearney expected, she suddenly becomes concerned with the money owed to her for her daughter's work.
Critically acclaimed author James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin...
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"The Complete Works of James Joyce, illustrated and meticulously curated, presents a comprehensive collection of the literary genius's masterpieces. This anthology includes 'Dubliners,' a series of poignant short stories depicting the lives of Dublin's residents with exquisite precision. 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' unfolds as a semi-autobiographical novel, tracing the intellectual and artistic development of the protagonist, Stephen...
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles, perhaps most prominent among these the stream of consciousness technique he perfected....
16) Dublineses
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Aunque fue publicada en 1914, Dublineses había sido concluida nueve años antes, en 1905, mas el retraso de su aparición pública no había sido voluntario. Dos editores y un impresor pusieron reiteradas objeciones a la obra por cuestiones morales, y Joyce se había resistido tenazmente a aceptar sus modificaciones. No obstante, esos nueve años sirvieron para que el autor revisara los textos y para que añadiese tres nuevos, dotando al libro de...
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En el centenario de la publicación del «Ulises», la vida de Joyce narrada por su hermano Stanislaus. Recuerdos del entorno creativo y su trágica vida familiar.
Ser hermano de un autor famoso confiere grandes obligaciones y muy pequeñas distinciones. El profesor Stanislaus Joyce sobrellevó su carga con nobleza y disconformidad. A pesar de sus reservas, vivió una vida en gran parte moldeada por su hermano, combatió el derecho de los demás...
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A boy who has become close to a priest, Father Flynn, is told of the priest's death at dinner by his family. After dinner, the boy's anguish over the priest's death leads to a night of terrible dreams.
Critically acclaimed author James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin in the early twentieth century. First published in 1914, the stories draw on themes relevant to the time such as nationalism and...
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La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española.
En este volumen traemos a James Joyce, un escritor irlandés, mundialmente reconocido como uno de los más importantes e influyentes del siglo XX. Joyce es aclamado por su obra maestra, Ulises y por su controvertida novela posterior, Finnegans Wake. Igualmente ha sido muy valorada la serie de historias breves titulada Dublineses, así como su...
20) Pomes Penyeach
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This early work by James Joyce was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Pomes Penyeach' is a collection of Joyce's poetry.
