Dubliners (annotated Edition (alma Classics Evergreens))

By (author) Joyce, James
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new edition of The Dubliners includes pictures and an extensive section on Joyce''s life and works.
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James Joyce’s first published book, which he wrote when he was still in his twenties, Dubliners is far removed from the bold experimentalism of his later work, but is essential for understanding the author’s development as a writer, and endures as a masterly example of the short-story form.
Although ranging considerably in tone, mood and milieu, the fifteen short stories included in this collection all centre around the city of Dublin and its inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth-century. From the unsettling adventure of two truant schoolboys to the crafty schemes of two con-men, from a young woman’s refusal to abandon Ireland and elope with a sailor to a man’s moment of clarity during an annual dance party, these stories offer a moving portrait of an entire world and era which has all but disappeared.

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His writing is not about something; it is that something itself.
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Its deep power abides in the inextricability of Joyce’s masterly control of language and the breadth of his vision.
Biographical note:

Born in Dublin, James Joyce (1882–1941) spent most of his life abroad, living in Trieste, Paris and
Zurich. His writings, however, mainly centre on Dublin – most famously Ulysses, Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. He pioneered and perfected avant-garde prose techniques that saw him rise to the rank of one of Europe’s foremost Modernists.

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A vivid portrait of Dublin life through a series of modernist short stories. Part of Alma Classics'' Evergreens series, this edition is fully annotated and contains extra material.
Description for collection:
Alma Classics Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.
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Fully annotated edition
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Ideal for students
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Competitively priced
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Perfect companion to Alma Classics edition of Ulysses