Dubliners

by James Joyce

paperback, 256 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2011 by Collins Classics.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-744940-8
OCLC Number:: 1023251769

(64 reviews)

Revealing the truths and realities about Irish society in the early 20th century, Joyce's "Dubliners" challenged the prevailing image of Dublin at the time. A group portrait made up of 15 short stories about the inhabitants of Joyce's native city, he offers a subtle critique of his own town, imbuing the text with an underlying tone of tragedy. Through his various characters he displays the complicated relationships, hardships and mundane details of everyday life and the desire for escape - a yearning that so closely mirrored his own experiences. --back cover

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Julie R reviewed Dubliners James Joyce 1914 by James Joyce

Much more interesting than I expected

4 stars

If you've been avoiding Joyce because of Ulysses, this book feels like a warm-up both for the reader and the author. There are beautiful phrases buried inside intriguing vignettes. Yes, the political and social commentary is there (and opaque for those of us without knowledge of the time period and history), but the stories are enjoyable independent of those allusions. (Except for Two Gallants. I felt like that one went right over my head, but I also noted the excessive walking similar to Ulysses.) I found a lot of pain in these stories, but I was also struck by the deep sense of community and family. Most of these "stories" don't have an ending as we think of story structure, but are open to interpretation and thought. Reminded me a bit of all those lessons in high school about the Lady and the Tiger by Stockton.

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Review of 'Dubliners' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Excellent, and I’m sad that I finished it.

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4 stars

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Adrián Astur Álvarez reviewed Dubliners by James Joyce

Review of 'Dubliners' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I've read this collection a few times before and something new comes up every time. This time I was struck, not only by the perfection of The Dead, but by Joyce's ability to connect with the reader by revealing a lot of his characters' vulnerabilities early on in each story. It gives him the permission he needs to take his narrative wherever he wants since he is free from the constrictions of plot.

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Review of 'Dubliners' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Unlike so many writers of his age, not a single paragraph, sentence, word in this collection feels dated. Perhaps the greatest presenter of character in fiction, these stories use those characters to highlight everyday life as it was more than a hundred years ago and in subtly different ways as it is today.

Fionnáin reviewed Dubliners by James Joyce

Review of 'Dubliners' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

Rated at Joyce's standard. "The Dead" alone is a good enough story to pull this book through, but there are so many others. The characters are creepily modern; living in Dublin today the stories could all still take place (with taxis replacing carriages and street-lights replacing lamps). Mystifying.

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Review of 'Dubliners' on 'LibraryThing'

4 stars

a lesson in accessible joyce. some stories are easier to get into. others are in his own impenetrable style. i started this in paper, finished on an e-reader. a vote in their behalf, i'm cylcing four books while commuting; i typically get to three in a round trip. i looked forward to 'dubliners' (and the others as well).