James Joyce‿s Dubliners: Revelations of the Modern City

The fifteen short stories in James Joyce’s 1914 collection Dubliners might be said to have laid the foundation for the modern short story. They are all set in Dublin, the provincial metropolis of Ireland that Joyce loved so ambivalently, and laden with the paradox of feeling both modern and marginal. The stories, including such world-renowned takes as “Araby,” “Ivy Day In The Committee Room,” “Eveline,” and “The Dead,” range from the dreams and bargains of childhood to the bittersweet reckonings of adulthood; from the paralysis of limitation to the epiphanies of possibility. Filled with a fascinating gallery of characters, including faded politicians and ambitious young artists; those who leave their homes and those who stay; and the hopeful and the bitter; these stories continue to illuminate and exemplify the modern city and our world.

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