Penguin English Library Dubliners
Penguin English Library Dubliners by James Joyce is a notable collection published by Penguin UK on August 28, 2012. This edition features 230 pages and is presented in English, offering readers a glimpse into the intricate lives of Dublin’s inhabitants through Joyce’s masterful storytelling. The collection includes fifteen short stories that explore themes of paralysis, longing, and the complexities of human relationships, all set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Dublin.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of life in Dublin, as Joyce delves into the experiences of various characters, from a child grappling with loss to a young woman facing a pivotal decision about love. The stories reflect a scrupulous realism that captures both the mundane and the profound aspects of existence. This UK edition of Dubliners is part of the Penguin English Library series, which aims to present significant works of fiction from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.
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The Penguin English Library Edition of Dubliners by James Joyce
‘Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the word paralysis. It had always sounded strangely in my ears … But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent and sinful being. It filled me with fear, and yet I longed to be nearer to it and to look upon its deadly work’
From a child grappling with the death of a fallen priest, to a young woman’s dilemma over whether to elope to Argentina with her lover, to the dance party at which a man discovers just how little he really knows about his wife, these fifteen stories bring the gritty realism of existence in Joyce’s native Dublin to life. With Dubliners, James Joyce reinvented the art of fiction, using a scrupulous, deadpan realism to convey truths that were at once blasphemous and sacramental.
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