A definitive edition of perhaps the greatest short story collection in the English language
James Joyce's Dubliners is a vivid and unflinching portrait of "dear dirty Dublin" at the turn
of the twentieth century. These fifteen stories including such unforgettable ones as "Araby "
"Grace " and "The Dead " delve into the heart of the city of Joyce's birth capturing the
cadences of Dubliners' speech and portraying with an almost brute realism their outer and inner
lives. Dubliners is Joyce at his most accessible and most profound and this edition is the
definitive text authorized by the Joyce estate and collated from all known proofs manuscripts
and impressions to reflect the author's original wishes. For more than seventy years Penguin
has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more
than 1 700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout
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texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors
as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
