Dubliners

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Dubliners

by James Joyce

EN·~6 hours·17 chapters

Chapters

17 total

DUBLINERS - by James Joyce

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THE SISTERS

17:01

AN ENCOUNTER

17:48

ARABY

12:46

EVELINE

10:01

AFTER THE RACE

13:05

TWO GALLANTS

21:56

THE BOARDING HOUSE

15:35

A LITTLE CLOUD

28:15
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A quiet, observant narrator guides listeners through the streets of turn‑of‑the‑century Dublin, where everyday moments hide deeper currents of longing, disappointment, and quiet desperation. The collection captures the city’s rhythm—its cafés, churches, and cramped apartments—while revealing how ordinary encounters can echo larger truths about identity and belonging.

The opening tale follows a young man haunted by the death of a local priest, whose lingering presence lingers like a faded candlelight in a darkened window. As he watches his family grapple with grief and cryptic conversations, the story gently unfolds themes of paralysis, faith, and the weight of unspoken histories. Listeners will feel the subtle tension between reverence and doubt, as the city’s muted backdrop mirrors the narrator’s inner unrest.

Through careful, lyrical prose, the work invites you to linger in moments that seem small yet resonate profoundly, offering a portrait of Dublin that is both intimate and universally human.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (366K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Sep 1, 2001

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

James Joyce

James Joyce

1882–1941

A giant of literary modernism, this Dublin-born writer changed the shape of the novel with books that are bold, funny, and endlessly inventive. Best known for Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake, he turned everyday life into something epic.

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