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Is this accessible for a non-accomplished reader? Any advice on where to start with Joyce, or where to start with classic literature by an Irish author?

Evelyn This is from a very accessible story collection called DUBLINERS. Mary Lavin has a hilarious story called MY VOCATION that I'd recommend. Danielle McL…moreThis is from a very accessible story collection called DUBLINERS. Mary Lavin has a hilarious story called MY VOCATION that I'd recommend. Danielle McLaughlin has a great debut collection called DINOSAURS ON OTHER PLANETS, and there's another fairly new story called THE CHINA FACTORY by Mary Costello that is gorgeous. You could read plays and novels by Oscar Wilde, he's easy to read as well-- hilarious but goes deep. Also love the plays of Brian Friel, if you get a chance to see them live. Poems by Yeats are also easy, and you can listen to them -- there are audiobooks and recordings on youtube. (less)

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