Dubliners, often cited as one of the best works of short fiction ever written, can be found on countless lists of the finest works of the 20th century. It is a fearless portrait of “dear dirty Dublin” at the turn of the twentieth century. Fifteen unforgettable stories, including Araby, Grace, and The Dead, delve into the spirit of the city of Joyce’s birth, capturing the cadences of Dubliners’ speech and portraying with brute candor their outer and inner lives.
JAMES JOYCE (1882-1941), one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century, transformed the art of fiction. Author of numerous novels and poems, including Ulysses, Finnegan’s Wake, and Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, he is considered, along with Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, a central figure in the development of the modern novel.