Dubliners in Never too Late to Read Classics

May 12, 2012 Dan | The Ancient Reader rated it liked it

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Much better than I expected, considering my only other experience with Joyce is Ulysses . "The Dead" is particularly good. ...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Contents

THE SISTERS
AN ENCOUNTER
ARABY
EVELINE
AFTER THE RACE
TWO GALLANTS
THE BOARDING HOUSE
A LITTLE CLOUD
COUNTERPARTS
CLAY
A PAINFUL CASE
IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
A MOTHER
GRACE
THE DEAD

BBC Radio 4 Extra had recently broadcasted the episode IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM.

Free download available at Project Gutenberg.

I must agree with Chrissie, I am not a big fan of short stories. ...more

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Jun 07, 2016 Karen rated it liked it

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I am not a huge fan of the Stream-of-Consciousness style (after reading Faulkner) It seems that in the last few months, I have dipped my toes in. I have read a little of Proust and Woolf, and now, even though I swore I would never do it, Joyce. Do I like Stream-of-Consciousness any better? Somewhat, I think I were honest, it's not the writing style I didn't like, but I didn't like Faulkner's characters, not a one. Anyway, I can tolerate the S-o-C style now.

The stories in Dubliners are a little ...more

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