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Dubliners
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 04-03-09
- Language: English
- Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $9.07
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Publisher's Summary
This collection of 15 stories was first published in 1914. James wrote them as descriptions of middle-class life in Ireland, but in each story one or more characters has an "epiphany," - a moment where the character has a speical moment of illumination. Many of the characters in these stories later appear in his novel, Ulysses.
The stories included are "The Sisters," "An Encounter," "Araby", "Eveline", "After the Race", "Two Gallants", "The Boarding House", "A Little Cloud", "Counterparts", "Clay", "A Painful Case", "A Day in the Committee Room", "A Mother", "Grace", and "The Dead".
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- Edward
- USA
- 07-21-09
Wonderful
Wonderful stories. Narrator "lapses" into American pronunciations once in a while but overall reading is very good.
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- amother
- Beverly Hills, CA United States
- 07-14-16
Sorry, could not get passed the narration
I do not mean to disrespect the actor here but his take on Dubliners was not for me.
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- Sher from Provo
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- 01-13-10
Can't get past the narrator
I think I will like these stories when I can concentrate on them, and not on the narrator. I got to the point where I just could not listen to him any more and gave up. I have downloaded a different version with a variety of known and excellent narrators. I hope I have made a good choice. I want to understand this author, James Joyce, who many consider one of the greatest of all time.
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- MayaB
- 06-20-09
Great book, poor narration
These stories are so well written, but I found the narration so monotonous it was distracting. I am redeeming another credit to find a narration that can do the stories justice.
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