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Really excellent stories.
Hard to believe Joyce wrote this at 25 years of age.
Very interesting for me to read as it all seemed strangely
familiar because of course I know a lot of the places he
describes but also because of stories my dad and grandparents
have old me over the years about Dublin in the olden days.
I am glad to have read this as I have struggled with Ulysses
for so long and now feel my journey with Joyce has finally
started!
Very rich and beautiful use of the English language.
Hard to believe Joyce wrote this at 25 years of age.
Very interesting for me to read as it all seemed strangely
familiar because of course I know a lot of the places he
describes but also because of stories my dad and grandparents
have old me over the years about Dublin in the olden days.
I am glad to have read this as I have struggled with Ulysses
for so long and now feel my journey with Joyce has finally
started!
Very rich and beautiful use of the English language.
James Joyce's Dublin is a dismal, dreary city full of incessant repetition, lost dreams, constant frustrations, religious tension, and death. When Gabriel breaks down in The Dead exclaiming “I’m sick of my own country, sick of it!” we understand his pain.
Joyce is considered a genius and one of the greatest writers in the English language. I have not read any of his works other than this one, and I would say solely from this, that the title is thoroughly deserved. While I felt the writing was as ...more
Joyce is considered a genius and one of the greatest writers in the English language. I have not read any of his works other than this one, and I would say solely from this, that the title is thoroughly deserved. While I felt the writing was as ...more
Nov 16, 2012
Doug Holloway
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Mimi
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Aug 08, 2016
Noiresque
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it was amazing
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Aug 13, 2017
Laura (Reading is a Doing Word)
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