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Gente di Dublino - James Joyce, Franca Cancogni
Gente di Dublino
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9788806391805 (8806391801)
Publisher: Einaudi
Pages no: 225
Edition language: Italian
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EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it
3.0 Dubliners by James Joyce
Although James Joyce began these stories of Dublin life in 1904, when he was 22, and had completed them by the end of 1907, they remained unpublished until 1914 — victims of Edwardian squeamishness. Their vivid, tightly focused observations of the life of Dublin's poorer classes, their unconventiona...
Bloodorange
Bloodorange rated it
3.0 Dubliners
'The Dead' and 'A Mother' were the only ones I really enjoyed; the others, save for brief glimpses of irony, were, above all, horribly boring. Maybe it simply feels too familiar, but I just don't understand what all the fuss is about.
Alissa
Alissa rated it
3.0 Dubliners (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
3.5 stars. I rarely read classics anymore but I'm happy I've picked up this one because it was surprisingly good. The short stories are better savored together and in order; they are poignant, beautifully written, wrought through top-notch descriptions and I liked to think about the themes of escape...
Modern Reader
Modern Reader rated it
5.0 Dubliners
James Joyce has officially become one of my favorite writers. I particularly enjoyed the stories "A Painful Case" and "The Dead."
Garden-of-Stars
Garden-of-Stars rated it
4.0 Dubliners
Another one of the rare books that I had to read for school that I also greatly enjoyed, and the class discussions of the stories made me love them even more. I can see what people are talking about when they praise Joyce for the universality found in his work, as well as that essence of what it mea...
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