#32 in Short stories
Dubliners
- 240
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
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Our view
“Dubliners” gathers fifteen quiet, exact stories of ordinary Dublin lives, and they give most to readers who slow down or reread. Little happens on the surface; some readers find that a first pass is not enough for the stories to open up, and others find the mood wearing, since there is little joy in these pages. The sadness, though, is rendered with great skill.
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About the book
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, written from 1904 to 1907. First published in 1914, Dubliners presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early twentieth century.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 466 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 76% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 83 | 18% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 383 | 82% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dubliners?
It has 240 pages — shorter than 53% of the ranked books in Short stories.
In this book
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