James Joyce

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more....

Form-defining short stories. First published in 1914, James Joyce defined what the short story could be with his collection The Dubliners. A mixture of prose and poetry, each story can be listened to independently, or as a collection....

The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and he went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey “Slicks” and Huey “Gunships”....

Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce that was first published in 1914.....

These vivid portraits of the author's native city weave a tapestry of Dublin and its people, yet also poignantly mourn the decline of Irish culture and civilization....

In his autobiographical debut novel, James Joyce mirrors his own emotional and intellectual coming-of-age - from sexual awakening and upheavals of faith to fleeting epiphanies - in exploring the influences that help to shape an artistic identity....

The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 is the second instalment of our Modern Classics Collections, delving into a world of 20th-century literary brilliance.

Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century....

Dublin at the turn of the century provides the backdrop as Stephen Dedalus moves from town and society, towards the irrevocable decision to leave....

This quintessential coming-of-age novel describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus. A Portrait... follows Stephen Dedalus from his babyhood into early adulthood and is notable for being the first work in which Joyce uses his innovative “stream of consciousness” writing style.....

The first authorized, unabridged release of this timeless classic and exclusively available from Recorded Books. Ulysses records the events of a single day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin, Ireland....

Finnegans Wake is the greatest challenge in 20th-century literature. In the rich nighttime and the language of dreams, here are history, anecdote, myth, folk tale and, above all, a wondrous sense of humor....

This wonderful collection of 18 short stories includes work by some of literature's most treasured names....

James Joyces classic collection of short stories about life in Dublin in the early 20th century...

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man brings listeners on a journey through a man’s life, from his childhood through adulthood. The protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, begins life with fear and confusion of the world, but as he grows older and becomes more educated and world wise....

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus' Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce....

Three BBC radio productions of major works by James Joyce - plus Gordon Bowker’s fascinating biographical account of his life....

James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century....

Joyce’s experimental masterpiece set a new standard for modernist fiction, pushing the English language past all previous thresholds....

In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin....