Length7h 28m
About this audiobook
In this groundbreaking collection of fifteen stories, James Joyce holds up an unflinching mirror to the heart of his native city at the turn of the twentieth century. With revolutionary precision and profound empathy, he captures the lives of ordinary Dubliners—from young children and restless adolescents to world-weary adults—each poised on the brink of a momentous, often elusive, revelation.
Through tales of missed opportunities, stifled desires, and haunting epiphanies, Joyce exposes the moral and spiritual paralysis he saw gripping the city. From the simple disillusionment of a young boy in "Araby" to the tragic loneliness of a clerk in "The Dead," these meticulously crafted stories build into a powerful symphonic critique of a society trapped by its own conventions.
Dubliners is a landmark of literary modernism, perfecting the subtle story of "epiphany" and paving the way for Joyce's later, more experimental works. It remains one of the most poignant and enduringly influential collections ever written—a definitive portrait of humanity's quiet crises and the search for meaning in the everyday.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length7 hrs 28 mins
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LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE SISTERS
9COUNTERPARTS
2AN ENCOUNTER
10CLAY
3ARABY
11A PAINFUL CASE
4EVELINE
12IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
5AFTER THE RACE
13A MOTHER
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6TWO GALLANTS
14GRACE
7THE BOARDING HOUSE
15THE DEAD
8A LITTLE CLOUD
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