Dubliners

A vivid and unflinching collection of fifteen short stories, Dubliners delves deep into the inner and outer lives of Dublin's inhabitants. 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 Ireland at the turn of the twentieth-century. This book is Joyce at his most accessible and profound, rooted in the rich detail of the city he was born in, with themes of social decline, sexual desire, corruption and failure, and teeming with Joyce's brilliant and influential style.