James Joyce's "Dubliners" is an enthralling collection of
modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-
to-day experience of Dublin ... Show synopsis James Joyce's
"Dubliners" is an enthralling collection of modernist short
stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day
experience of Dublin life. This "Penguin Classics" edition
includes notes and an introduction by Terence Brown. Joyce's
first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought
his city to the world for the first time. His stories are rooted
in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often
defeated lives with unflinching realism. From "The Sisters", a
vivid portrait of childhood faith and guilt, to "Araby", a
timeless evocation of the inexplicable yearnings of adolescence,
to "The Dead", in which Gabriel Conroy is gradually brought to a
painful epiphany regarding the nature of his existence, Joyce
draws a realistic and memorable cast of Dubliners together in an
powerful exploration of overarching t