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James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet. His short story "The Dead", the concluding story in Dubliners, often considered as one of the best works of short fiction, concerns a Christmas-time gathering in Dublin. With a beautiful use of language and the epiphany common to all the stories in Dubliners, this book will remain in your thoughts long after the final emotional passages.

Finn's Hotel: Ein Ort, wo Menschen kommen und gehen. Mythen, Erzählungen und Kuriositäten aus der irischen Geschichte, von der Ankunft St. Patricks vor tausenden von Jahren bis in Joyce' Zeit. Geschichten von Trinkerei, Religion und leidenschaftlicher Keuschheit, brillant und beredt geschrieben und geprägt von Joyce' unkonventionellem Blick und Humor. Die kleinen Fabeln und Epen komponierte Joyce 1923, ein halbes Jahr nach seinem Hauptwerk "Ulysses" und bevor er sich an die Arbeit zu "Finnegan's Wake" machte. Kleine Geschichten, die zu einer Sensation werden sollten, denn erst Jahrzehnte später wurden sie aus dem Nachlass publiziert und 2013 erstmals auf Englisch veröffentlicht.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

Stephen Dedalus, a poor boy in Ireland at the end of the 19th century, gives up everything, his family, social ties, and his church, to devote his life to his passion - writing. The novel goes through the boy's life as a student in a very strict, Catholic boarding school in Ireland, and how that upbringing shaped his childhood and family, including an intense, politically charged argument over the Christmas dinner table. The listener follows Stephen through his preteen and teenage years, growing more poor as the years go on.

A forerunner of Ulysses, this autobiographical novel deals with Stephen Dedalus' childhood, adolescence and early manhood. His growing rebellion against Catholicism and his family background, his first love affairs and his interest in art, literature and aesthetics are explored in stream-of-consciousness sequences.

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. 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.

The final short story in the collection Dubliners and often considered the best of Joyce's shorter works.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A Künstlerroman in a modernist style, it traces the intellectual and religious philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to Daedalus, the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown up, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe.

"Cei morţi" sunt oare morţii din cimitirele Irlandei acoperite de zăpada care nu mai conteneşte să cadă? Şi, printre ei, Michael Furrey, cel despre care Gabriel Conroy află pe neaşteptate de la soţia lui că a murit la 17 ani "din dragoste pentru ea"? Sau "cei morţi" sunt oaspeţii invitaţi de Crăciun, într-o veche casă din Dublin, la petrecerea dată de domnişoarele Morkan, mătuşile lui Gabriel, şi care pleacă de acolo convinşi că în seara aceea "au trăit din plin"?

In the realm of narrative literature, the appeal of the short story is that it provides nearly immediate satisfaction. Here is a collection of wonderful classic short stories by such great authors as Saki, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield and Kate Chopin.

Ulysses is many things - novel, allegory, prose poem - but above all it is an enraptured paean to the world of the physical senses.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners , Volume 1 collection.

Cyril Cusack reads a selection from Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel. Stephen Dedalus is a young man growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century. His search for knowledge and undestanding, and the decline of his family's circumstances, lead him to revelations on the nature of art and politics.

Una autèntica obra mestra de la narrativa curta contemporània. La vetllada nadalenca a casa de les senyoretes Morkan és l'esdeveniment anual per excel·lència. La llar s'omple de riures, música i ball per al gaudi de convidats i amfitriones. Però també del sord silenci dels que ja no hi són. La memòria dels que se n'han anat portarà els personatges d'aquesta història a recórrer camins que s'havien oblidat.

Último e mais longo conto da coletânea Dublinenses, Os mortos, de James Joyce, narra a ida de Gabriel Conroy e de sua esposa Gretta a uma tradicional festa de Natal na casa das tias de Gabriel. A partir das interações entre os convidados, com descrição de detalhes surpreendentes, Joyce retrata a vida da classe média da capital irlandesa no começo do século passado. Ao fim da festa, o casal retorna ao hotel onde pernoitará, e uma descoberta de Gabriel sobre o passado de Gretta o faz repensar a sua própria vida.

After a scandal breaks out involving a famous Irish Nationalist politician, Stephen Dedalus finds his family being torn apart over their differing opinions of the matter. Shaken by all the fighting and animosity, Stephen begins to wonder where he can place his faith. Questioning the Irish and Catholic ideology that he was raised on, Stephen begins to rebel against expectations as he departs for college. While he excels in his studies, Stephen struggles to conform to the social norms of his college, leading him on a self-destructive path of unwise behavior. Attempting to navigate his new home ...

Taking place at Christmastime, the tale revolves around Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta, who are attending a holiday party hosted by Gabriel's elderly aunts. In typical Joycean style, this seemingly mundane setting hides many of the guests' mysteries, not the least of which is shielded by Gretta herself. When her secret finally spills forth, it has a profound and immediate effect on Gabriel, changing his life forever.

The stories for this annual collection of the Mystery Writers of America were selected for their strange and exotic locales. Breathtaking suspense, cold-blooded crime, and challenging twists of plot—set in the four corners of the world—make this recording a chilling audio experience.