Dubliners
by James Joyce
Taste attributes: dramaslowheavyrealisticsimpleenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentarytroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeSmall-scale and realistic: a weighty novel, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
James Joyce's disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers, resisting their demands to remove swear words, real place names and much else, including two entire stories. Although only 24 when he signed his first publishing contract for the book, Joyce already knew its worth: to alter it in any way would 'retard the course of civilisation in Ireland'.
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- Author
- James Joyce
- Published
- 1914
- Pages
- 240
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