DUBLINERS (Modern Classics Series) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Epiphanies of Dublin's Irish middle class, from childhood to maturity amid 20th-century nationalismBy James Joyce
Length8h 47m
About this audiobook
Dubliners is James Joyce's meticulously composed sequence of fifteen stories portraying middle-class and lower-middle-class life in early twentieth-century Dublin. Written in a lucid yet symbolically charged realist style, the collection moves from childhood to public life, culminating in the profound meditation of "The Dead." Its famous "epiphanies" reveal moments of paralysis, frustration, and self-knowledge, placing the book at a decisive point between nineteenth-century realism and modernist psychological fiction. Joyce, born in Dublin in 1882, knew intimately the city's streets, institutions, religious pressures, and social stagnation. Although he spent much of his adult life in self-imposed exile, Dublin remained the imaginative centre of his work. His Jesuit education, conflicted Catholic inheritance, nationalist milieu, and acute ear for speech all shaped Dubliners, a book conceived as a moral history of his native city. This Modern Classics edition is recommended to readers seeking an essential gateway into modernism and into Joyce's art before the greater formal experiments of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Compact, exacting, and emotionally resonant, Dubliners rewards close reading and offers an unforgettable portrait of ordinary lives caught between desire, habit, and revelation.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 17, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6DUBLINERS (Modern Classics Series) (pt. 1)
7DUBLINERS (Modern Classics Series) (pt. 2)
8DUBLINERS (Modern Classics Series) (pt. 3)
9Analysis
10Reflection
11Memorable Quotes
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