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Dubliners

By James Joyce

Dubliners Historical Fiction

Dubliners

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The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character experiences self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. The initial stories in the collection are narrated by child protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity.
THERE was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation time) and studied the lighted square of window: and night after night I had found it lighted in the same way, faintly and evenly. If he was dead, I thought, I would see the reflection of candles on the darkened blind for I knew that two candles must be set at the head of a corpse. He had often said to me: "I am not long for this world," and I had thought h
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
276
Release Date:
2025-01-24
Publication Date:
2025-01-25
Publisher:
E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
6256004825
ISBN13:
9786256004825
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
474 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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