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Dubliners Paperback
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- ISBN-100007449402
- ISBN-13978-0007449408
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- ASIN : B0095GX15G
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0007449402
- ISBN-13 : 978-0007449408
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About the authors
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 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 utilised. Other well-known works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, occasional journalism and his published letters.
Joyce was born in 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin—about half a mile from his mother's birthplace in Terenure—into a middle-class family on the way down. A brilliant student, he excelled at the Jesuit schools Clongowes and Belvedere, despite the chaotic family life imposed by his father's alcoholism and unpredictable finances. He went on to attend University College Dublin.
In 1904, in his early twenties, Joyce emigrated permanently to continental Europe with his partner (and later wife) Nora Barnacle. They lived in Trieste, Paris and Zurich. Though most of his adult life was spent abroad, Joyce's fictional universe centres on Dublin, and is populated largely by characters who closely resemble family members, enemies and friends from his time there. Ulysses in particular is set with precision in the streets and alleyways of the city. Shortly after the publication of Ulysses, he elucidated this preoccupation somewhat, saying, "For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal."
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Frank McCourt (1930-2009) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, "Angela's Ashes," won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the L.A. Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.
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Frank McCourt (1930-2009) nació en Brooklyn, Nueva York, de padres inmigrantes irlandeses, creció en Limerick, Irlanda, y regresó a Estados Unidos en 1949. Durante treinta años enseñó en escuelas secundarias de la ciudad de Nueva York. Su primer libro, "Las cenizas de Angela", ganó el Premio Pulitzer, el Premio del Círculo Nacional de Críticos de Libros y el Premio L.A. Times Book. En 2006, ganó el prestigioso Premio Ellis Island Family Heritage por el Servicio ejemplar en el campo de las artes y el Premio de la Unión de Maestros John Dewey por la excelencia en la educación.
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Customers find the book easy to read with well-written stories and engaging characters. They appreciate the subtle storytelling that provides context for the tales. The book offers an insightful look into Dublin life in the late 19th/early 20th century. Many customers consider it a great value for money and the best work by Joyce. However, some readers find the annotations too many, making it difficult to read.
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Customers find the book easy to read and engaging. They appreciate the well-written stories and characters. While some readers find the prose understated, they praise the excellent language and recall wonderful memories of reading it forty years ago.
"...The prose is somewhat understated, with Joyce relying more on the penetrating examination of character rather than any flamboyancy of language or..." Read more
"Joyce at his best and a joy to read. The book is neat and pocket-sized but to achieve this, the typeface is rather small for old eyes!" Read more
"...All is related in rich detail peppered with vernacular, Joyce showing an intimate knowledge of Dublin at the time even though by the time 'Dubliners..." Read more
"...The Dubliners is a worthwhile read if you are interested in the historical development of fiction, but not if you are looking for engaging plots or..." Read more
Customers enjoy the stories' subtlety and find them easy to read. They appreciate the honest descriptions and intrigue in the short stories of Dublin life. The book is described as magical and skillfully written.
"...Overall, I found the fully developed stories excellent, while the ones that are primarily character sketches are interesting if not wholly satisfying..." Read more
"...stories and about the author himself, both of which helped to put the stories into context...." Read more
"...But what struck me personally were the parallels between the events Joyce describes and some my own past experiences - so for me these accounts have..." Read more
"...drawn characters, draw you into the streets of Dublin and show you glimpses of their lives. James Joyce tells a good story." Read more
Customers appreciate the character development. They find the characters interesting and real, giving a great insight into Irish culture at the turn of the 20th century. The book provides realistic portrayals of Dublin that are worth reading.
"Well-drawn characters, draw you into the streets of Dublin and show you glimpses of their lives. James Joyce tells a good story." Read more
"...It is, of course, that characters that provide this vibrancy...." Read more
"...observations of the man who went on to write some of the finest works in Irish literature...." Read more
"...and you can sometimes feel you are actually immersed in the lives of the characters...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's insights into Dublin life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The characters are well-drawn, bringing readers into the streets of Dublin. The author understands how society intermixed at that time. Readers also appreciate the social commentary and insight into the minds of the characters.
"...each one has a sense of total authenticity, of a deep understanding of how this society intermixes...." Read more
"Well-drawn characters, draw you into the streets of Dublin and show you glimpses of their lives. James Joyce tells a good story." Read more
"...the short stories as it broke the book down nicely and gives you an insight into Dublin life in the late 19th/early 20th century...." Read more
"I liked the book because it gave me an excellent insight into live in Ireland towards the end of the nineetenth centuary and the beginning of the..." Read more
Customers find the book offers good value for money. They say it's a nice edition and a good free version without critical referencing but very readable.
"...them to listen whilst doing other things, this is for you - an absolute bargain!" Read more
"...This is a lovely edition and great value for money" Read more
"...Great ending story of course. A good free version without any critical referencing but very readable." Read more
"Beautiful hardback edition at an incredibly low price. I really enjoyed reading this book." Read more
Customers enjoy the book. They say it's the best Joyce has written.
"Joyce at his best and a joy to read. The book is neat and pocket-sized but to achieve this, the typeface is rather small for old eyes!" Read more
"Joyce is a genius and he wrote Dubliners at the age of only 24 ! Each story a gem. However quality of binding for book could be better!" Read more
"Obviously Joyce is wonderful. However, this edition is not...." Read more
"A must-read for all bookworms. Best James Joyce of them all." Read more
Customers find the book easy to read in about 15-20 minutes. They appreciate the relevant themes and fast service.
"...Taking about 15-20 minutes to read, each story deals with a theme that's relevant today and the majority of the stories are gripping - you want to..." Read more
"...Read slowly, a story at a time one can feel the Dublin drizzle on the face, hear the bar room gossip, smell the porter and be transported back to a..." Read more
"Great copy, very fast service! Thank you!" Read more
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Customers find the annotations in the book excessive and difficult to read. They mention that there are too many notes in the preface, which can make words difficult to understand.
"fast delivery. the product was all right, too many notes in the preface, some problems in reading words. the other part of the book was perfct." Read more
"Heavily annotated - wouldn’t consider this ‘good’ quality. (Review of seller not book itself)." Read more
"Item is heavily marked, much text underlined with multiple annotations making it hard to read. Was obviously used as a school text book. What a shame." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2016Joyce's collection of 15 stories takes the reader through the various strata of Dublin society of the early years of the twentieth century. The prose is of a uniformly high standard, though some of the pieces are too fragmentary and unresolved to be fully satisfying. When Joyce does tell a story, though, he tells it excellently, making me rather regret that he didn't use standard prose and story-telling techniques more often.
The sum of the collection is greater than its individual parts, however, so that even the shorter character sketches add something to the reader's understanding of Dublin and its citizens. Despite the wide range of class and circumstance Joyce addresses, each one has a sense of total authenticity, of a deep understanding of how this society intermixes. There is a common theme running throughout, of people trapped, either by circumstance or because of decisions they have made, and many of the stories focus on a moment in the central characters' lives when they become aware of their trap. Drunkenness, violence and the stifling stranglehold of the Catholic church all play their part in showing a society where aspiration is a rare commodity, usually thwarted. I understand some of the stories were considered shocking at the time for their language and sexual content. Given the relative mildness of them to modern eyes, this fact in itself casts another light on how socially restricted the society was at the time of writing.
The prose is somewhat understated, with Joyce relying more on the penetrating examination of character rather than any flamboyancy of language or stylistic quirks, and that works well for me. He achieves a depth of characterisation with few words, acknowledging his reader's ability to interpret and understand without the need to have everything spelled out. Just occasionally, this left me floundering a little in the couple of stories where he is addressing contemporary Irish politics or mores, but I accept that's my weakness rather than his. In the stories where he is addressing more fundamental aspects of human nature, I appreciated his rather sparing style greatly.
Overall, I found the fully developed stories excellent, while the ones that are primarily character sketches are interesting if not wholly satisfying. However, as a collection, I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing, the weaker parts being more than compensated for by the stronger.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2024Joyce at his best and a joy to read. The book is neat and pocket-sized but to achieve this, the typeface is rather small for old eyes!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2013I needed this book for part of a module I was studying for an OU English Literature degree, and this version of the book was part of the set text. This version of the book has an introduction that explains more about the background to the stories and about the author himself, both of which helped to put the stories into context.
Many of these stories, set in Dublin, deal with poverty and social inertia in the early twentieth century; the social inertia and some of the causes for it is illustrated especially in 'The Boarding House' and 'Eveline'. Some deal with the way people use each other, again driven by inertia and desperation as in 'Two Gallants' or just out of greed as in 'After the Race'. There is both the unlovely face of humanity such as the man in 'An Encounter', and nostalgia in 'The Dead'. All is related in rich detail peppered with vernacular, Joyce showing an intimate knowledge of Dublin at the time even though by the time 'Dubliners' was written he no longer lived there. As social commentary on a certain time and place from a certain perspective, 'Dubliners' has passed into classical literature with it's mixture of bleakness and nostalgia for a time of depression in Ireland's history.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2013The Dubliners is a series of vignettes depicting ordinary life in Edwardian Dublin.
Joyce is viewed as one of the pivotal authors of the twentieth century, at the vanguard of modernism. Ulysees is often quoted as the principal example of stream of consciousness. Modernism itself focused on what was going on in the inner world rather than the external. In many ways, therefore, The Dubliners is disappointing. With the exception of The Dead, the stories don't really examine motive or psychology, they are rather observational in style and leave the reader to guess at the inner lives of the characters involved. Whilst the dialogue is crisp and enviable the narrative borders on the expositional and in places this makes for dull reading.
The Dead is the exception, a beautifully crafted and simple but moving story, different because one is very much in the head of Gabriel the main protagonist.
The Dubliners is a worthwhile read if you are interested in the historical development of fiction, but not if you are looking for engaging plots or character analysis.
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in the Netherlands on 6 June 2024
1.0 out of 5 stars Arrived damaged
Book came covered in something sticky that can not be removed with water or degreaser
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LauraReviewed in Spain on 26 November 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro perfecto para B2 EOI
Libro con actividades en cada capítulo.
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ecnrbReviewed in Brazil on 25 November 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Dubliners
James Joyce para ser apreciado. Detalhe para o conto "The Dead", mote para último grande filme de Jonh Huston, com sua filha Anjelica, em 1987.
- N SReviewed in Canada on 11 May 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic
Used this for an English class.
- PreetiReviewed in India on 31 March 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Travel friendly,pretty,little edition.
#macmillan Collector's Library Edition :
Alike all Booklovers I have a common interest of exploring different kinds of edition.well,I found this 'Macmillan Collector's Library' edition a year ago and bought one for a mere experiment and oh my God ! it's a tiny little pastle-colored hardcover edition that's look really cute😍. Now I've two books of this edition(Dubliners by James Joyce & A Midsummer Night's Dream by william Shakespeare).All books of this edition come with this same kind of sky blue(as I don't know the exact name of this shade😝)and golden colored dust cover( and underneath the cover the same sky blue shade Clothbound, carved with some floral designs) .
Now it's time to peek inside the book and as you open it you'll find two beautiful pastle-colored leafy printed pages before & after the text which I love the most 😍.The quality of the bright white pages with golden shiny edges are good enough and the glossy ribbon is an addition to the beauty of the book. You can carry books of this edition anytime anywhere.
The only flaw of this edition is it's small fonts. But I can consider that, it's an adorable chhotu edition .❤ .#macmillancollectorslibrary