Length7h 14m
About this audiobook
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character experiences a life-changing self-understanding or illumination, and the idea of paralysis where Joyce felt Irish nationalism stagnated cultural progression, placing Dublin at the heart of this regressive movement. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. The initial stories in the collection are narrated by child protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity.
A collection of fifteen short 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
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length7 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byJoe Phoenix
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 28, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dubliners - Intro
10Counterparts
2The Sisters
11Clay
3An Encounter
12A Painful Case
4Araby
13Ivy Day In The Committee Room
5Eveline
14A Mother
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6After The Race
15Grace
7Two Gallants
16The Dead
8The Boarding House
17The Dead (Continuation)
9A Little Cloud
18Dubliners - Outro
