--- product_id: 179644711 title: "Dubliners: A Masterful Collection of Irish Short Stories and Early Modernism (Collins Classics)" price: "VT967" currency: VUV in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/179644711-dubliners-a-masterful-collection-of-irish-short-stories-and-early store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Dubliners: A Masterful Collection of Irish Short Stories and Early Modernism (Collins Classics) **Price:** VT967 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Dubliners: A Masterful Collection of Irish Short Stories and Early Modernism (Collins Classics) - **How much does it cost?** VT967 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/179644711-dubliners-a-masterful-collection-of-irish-short-stories-and-early) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.’ Revealing the truths and realities about Irish society in the early 20th century, Joyce’s Dubliners challenged the prevailing image of Dublin at the time. A group portrait made up of 15 short stories about the inhabitants of Joyce’s native city, he offers a subtle critique of his own town, imbuing the text with an underlying tone of tragedy. Through his various characters he displays the complicated relationships, hardships and mundane details of everyday life and the desire for escape – a yearning that so closely mirrored his own experiences. Review: Handsome edition of classic text full of notes - My first experience with Joyce and a strong one. I think this is less a shorty story collection and more a collection of sketches. Very many of the stories end unresolved, characters don't change, but we're presented detailed snippets of their lives. The stories do vary a little bit and I felt that some of the ones written later did feel more cohesive. However, they're all very good. Joyce is a talented writer and the stories are engaging, even if they are covering somewhat dull activity - sitting around a room, walking the streets. Dublin is alive here and you can feel it. However, at times the amount of street names and corners can feel like someone milking a word count. "The Sisters," "Araby", "After the Race," "Two Gallants," "A Little Cloud," "A Painful Case," "A Mother" and "The Dead" are standouts. Joyce's style can take getting used to it and his stories are layered and nuanced. I was glad to have the notes, however, I will say that the sheer amount of notes. was actively distracting. A 10 page story had 50 notes! Many of them are just directional street info that wasn't additive. Some were really good and provided depth or knowledge I don't have of Edwardian Dublin. But I found them to sometimes get in the way of the flow of reading. Especially when there were a few in the same sentence. The book also starts to over explain. In the first story, "chalice" has an end note that provides a very basic definition. A little odd given other, more complicated words abound. The book has a neat foreword and a lengthy introduction. The first half of the introduction is very good and provides a good amount of historical background, the second half gets a little self-indulgent in its analysis of the text. I often found some of the analysis to be a little eye-rolly and overboard. That the introduction ends by saying "perhaps we're looking too hard for symbols" also says a lot. While the aforementioned end notes avoid analysis, a few hint at interpretations. The most superfluous one comes when a story is said to hit at the trinity because there are three boys in it. In the end, I was glad to have read the book and appreciated the extra, if they sometimes got in the way. I appreciated the skill but I don't know how much of the book will stay with me outside of those closing paragraphs of "The Dead." Review: wonderful collection of short stories - This was on Hemingway’s recommended reading list. Joyce’s descriptions of so many things, is perfect and completely clear. Many times I could envision what he was describing. Wonderful book. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,215,525 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,776 in Classic Literature & Fiction #5,972 in Literary Fiction (Books) #35,552 in Short Stories (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 453 Reviews | ## Images ![Dubliners: A Masterful Collection of Irish Short Stories and Early Modernism (Collins Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71HatVAbACL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Handsome edition of classic text full of notes *by P***N on July 6, 2025* My first experience with Joyce and a strong one. I think this is less a shorty story collection and more a collection of sketches. Very many of the stories end unresolved, characters don't change, but we're presented detailed snippets of their lives. The stories do vary a little bit and I felt that some of the ones written later did feel more cohesive. However, they're all very good. Joyce is a talented writer and the stories are engaging, even if they are covering somewhat dull activity - sitting around a room, walking the streets. Dublin is alive here and you can feel it. However, at times the amount of street names and corners can feel like someone milking a word count. "The Sisters," "Araby", "After the Race," "Two Gallants," "A Little Cloud," "A Painful Case," "A Mother" and "The Dead" are standouts. Joyce's style can take getting used to it and his stories are layered and nuanced. I was glad to have the notes, however, I will say that the sheer amount of notes. was actively distracting. A 10 page story had 50 notes! Many of them are just directional street info that wasn't additive. Some were really good and provided depth or knowledge I don't have of Edwardian Dublin. But I found them to sometimes get in the way of the flow of reading. Especially when there were a few in the same sentence. The book also starts to over explain. In the first story, "chalice" has an end note that provides a very basic definition. A little odd given other, more complicated words abound. The book has a neat foreword and a lengthy introduction. The first half of the introduction is very good and provides a good amount of historical background, the second half gets a little self-indulgent in its analysis of the text. I often found some of the analysis to be a little eye-rolly and overboard. That the introduction ends by saying "perhaps we're looking too hard for symbols" also says a lot. While the aforementioned end notes avoid analysis, a few hint at interpretations. The most superfluous one comes when a story is said to hit at the trinity because there are three boys in it. In the end, I was glad to have read the book and appreciated the extra, if they sometimes got in the way. I appreciated the skill but I don't know how much of the book will stay with me outside of those closing paragraphs of "The Dead." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ wonderful collection of short stories *by A***R on February 13, 2025* This was on Hemingway’s recommended reading list. Joyce’s descriptions of so many things, is perfect and completely clear. Many times I could envision what he was describing. Wonderful book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars *by A***R on November 11, 2017* Look at this beautiful new cover for Dubliners! 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