Joyce, Dubliners

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Masterful short stories about life in Dublin at the turn of the century, by James Joyce. (Summary by Hugh McGuire)

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Episodes

12 - Ivy Day in the Committee Room

Apr 02, 2025•32 min•Ep. 12

This episode from Joyce's "Dubliners" recounts a young boy's desire for adventure beyond his routine school life and childhood games. He and a friend plan a day's escape to explore Dublin's quays and river, encountering the city's vibrant commerce. Their journey takes an unexpected turn when they meet a strange old man in a secluded field, whose increasingly unsettling conversation about books, girls, and corporal punishment leaves the narrator deeply unnerved and fearful. The episode explores themes of childhood innocence, the allure of the unknown, and the abrupt intrusion of unsettling adult realities.

Apr 02, 2025•23 min•Ep. 2

01 - The Sisters

Apr 02, 2025•17 min•Ep. 1

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Joyce, Dubliners

Episodes

14 - Grace

16 - The Dead, part 2

07 - The Boarding House

09 - Counterparts

17 - The Dead, part 3

10 - Clay

11 - A Painful Case

06 - Two Gallants

15 - The Dead, part 1

12 - Ivy Day in the Committee Room

13 - A Mother

05 - After the Race

03 - Araby

04 - Eveline

08 - A Little Cloud

02 - An Encounter

01 - The Sisters