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James Joyce
Book List in Order: 29 titles
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- 1916
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a nearly complete rewrite of the abandoned novel Stephen Hero, the original manuscript of which Joyce partially destroyed in a fit of rage during an argument with Nora, who asserted that it would never be pu...
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Finnegans Wake
- 1959
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This early work by James Joyce was originally published in 1939 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Finnegans Wake' is a an experimental novel of comic fiction. James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1882. He ex...
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Stephen Hero
- Jul-1963
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Stephen Hero is an early version of Joyce's A Portrait of the artist as a Young Man. It was originally rejected on grounds of indecency -- so the story goes -- by twenty publishers, whereupon Joyce threw the manuscript in the fire, but Mrs. Joyce re...
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Chamber Music
- Jan-1972
- / Literary
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Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.Shy thought and grave wide eyes and hand...
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A Painful Case
- Oct-2014
- / General Fiction
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Mr. Duffy is a bank cashier and recluse living in Dublin, who purposely avoids contact with other people -- until he meets Mrs. Sinico at a concert. While Mr. Sinico believes their relationship to be purely platonic, Mrs. Sinico indicates otherwise.C...
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After the Race
One of Irelands most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet whos best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for...
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Araby
A young boy in love with his friend’s sister promises to bring her back a gift from the Araby bazaar when he learns she cannot go. It is only later that night that the boy is able to make it to the bazaar and by the time he arrives, most of the sta...
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The Boarding House
One of Irelands most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet whos best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for...
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The Cats of Copenhagen
The Cats of Copenhagen was first written for James Joyce’s most beloved audience, his only grandson, Stephen James Joyce, and sent in a letter dated September 5, 1936. Cats were clearly a common currency between Joyce and his grandson. In early Aug...
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Clay
One of Irelands most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet whos best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for...
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Counterparts
One of Irelands most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet whos best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for...
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The Dead
As part of Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series, this edition of The Dead, by James Joyce contains carefully seclected critical essays which approach the book from several contemporary critic...
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The Dead and Other Stories
That James Joyce’s “The Dead” forms an extraordinary conclusion to his collection Dubliners, there can be no doubt. But as many have pointed out, “The Dead” may equally well be read as a novella―arguably, one of the finest novellas ev...
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An Encounter
Bored of the lack of adventure at school, two boys decide to cut class and head for the shore. They encounter many people and social events along the way, until they finally meet an older man who gives them a long speech on Sir Walter Scott, corporal...
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Eveline
Eveline sits in her room thinking about the people she has lost -- her mother and her brother. Her other brother is traveling for work and she is afraid that her alcoholic father will beat her with no one else to turn on. She plans to run away with a...
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Finn's Hotel
A precursor to Joyce's masterpiece, Finnegans Wake, a recently discovered collection of unpublished short stories allows readers to share in one of the great literary discoveries of the century. By the author of Dubliners. 40,000 first printing. ...
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Grace
Tom Kernan has fallen and injured himself in a pub after a large amount of drinking, which is not unusual for him. His friend, Mr. Power, finds him and helps him home to his wife. Once home, he is bedridden for a few days, and visited by his friends ...
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Ivy Day in the Committee Room
As a few minor politicians discuss child-rearing and bicker about defending a rival candidate, one, Joe Hynes, reminds them it is Ivy Day, in memory of Charles Stewart Parnell. A silence falls on the room briefly, before the politicians resume their ...
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A Little Cloud
Little Chandler spends dinner with his friend Ignatius Gallaher reflecting on his own failed dreams as compared to Ignatius’s successes with London Press. Once home, Little Chandler begins to compare his wife to the exotic women Gallaher has encoun...
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A Mother
During the Irish Revival Mrs. Kearney decides to earn her family a higher social position by means of her daughter and obtains for her a contract to play a series of piano concerts. When the concerts are not as successful as Mrs. Kearney expected, sh...
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The Sisters
A boy who has become close to a priest, Father Flynn, is told of the priest’s death at dinner by his family. After dinner, the boy’s anguish over the priest’s death leads to a night of terrible dreams.Critically acclaimed author James Joyce’s...
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Two Gallants
Two conmen, Corley and Lenehan, discuss the maid Corley has tricked into stealing from her employer for him. While Corley meets the maid at a designated time, Lenehan watches from a distance and reflects on Corley’s good fortune in settling for a s...
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