Handy little full colour Collins map of central Dublin with a high level of detail Map at a scale of 17800 (8 inches to 1 mile) Clear detailed full colour Collins mapping is presented in a handy format ideal for the pocket or handbag It is excellent value & covers the most visited area of central Dublin It is an essential buy for tourists & residents alike

Includes:: Detailed central area map Tourist locations Tram train & bus stations Listing of major places to visit with additional details for the main attractions Detailed street index Around Dublin area map extending to airport Dun Laoghaire & Maynooth

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This handy pocket-sized guide is packed with ideas for things to do in in Dublin &

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Experience the Irish charm of Dublin with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable Dublin city map will ensure you don't miss a thing

Includes:: two pop-up maps covering central & greater Dublin Additional maps covering Temple Bar Phoenix Park & around Dublin are also included Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included on the maps Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference while exploring the city Contents include maps of Central Dublin Greater Dublin Temple Bar Phoenix Park Around Dublin

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Stylish portrait frame With stand Can be set up in portrait & landscape format Unobtrusive design for timeless ambience Feature Product Features Colour Silver Line Dublin Material Metal Type of Glass Reflex Picture Size 10 x 15 cm Linkage Yes ...

Stylish portrait frame With stand Can be set up in portrait & landscape format Unobtrusive design for timeless ambience Feature Product Features Colour Silver Picture Size 13 x 18 cm Line Dublin Material Metal Type of Glass Reflex Linkage Yes ...

His stories are fillled with the rich detail of Dublin life portraying ordinary often defeated lives with unflinching realism He writes of social decline sexual desire & exploitation corruption & personal failure yet creates a brilliantly compelling unique vision of the world & of human experience The stories all centre around the city of Dublin & its inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth century They offer a moving portrait of an entire world & era long since disappeared ...

&I regret to see that my book has turned out un fiasco solenne& James Joyce&s disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers resisting their demands to remove swear words real place names & much else including two entire stories Although only 24 when he signed his first publishing contract for the book Joyce already knew its worth to alter it in any way would &retard the course of civilisation in Ireland& Joyce&s aim was to tell the truth
- to create a work of art that would reflect life in Ireland at the turn of the last century & by rejecting euphemism reveal to the Irish the unromantic reality the recognition of which would lead to the spiritual liberation of the country Each of the fifteen stories offers a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Dubliners
- a death an encounter an opportunity not taken a memory rekindled
- & collectively they paint a portrait of a nation ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World&s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford&s commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more


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James Joyce&s Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life This Penguin Classics edition

Includes:: notes & an introduction by Terence Brown Joyce&s first major work written when he was only twenty-five brought his city to the world for the first time His stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life portraying ordinary often defeated lives with unflinching realism From & The Sisters& a vivid portrait of childhood faith & guilt to & Araby& a timeless evocation of the inexplicable yearnings of adolescence to & The Dead& in which Gabriel Conroy is gradually brought to a painful epiphany regarding the nature of his existence Joyce draws a realistic & memorable cast of Dubliners together in an powerful exploration of overarching themes Writing of social decline sexual desire & exploitation corruption & personal failure he creates a brilliantly compelling unique vision of the world & of human experience James Joyce (1882-1941) the eldest of ten children was born in Dublin but exiled himself to Paris at twenty as a rebellion against his upbringing He only returned to Ireland briefly from the continent but Dublin was at heart of his greatest works Ulysses & Finnegans Wake He lived in poverty until the last ten years of his life & was plagued by near blindness & the grief of his daughter&s mental illness If you enjoyed Dubliners you might like Joyce&s Ulysses also available in Penguin Modern Classics & Joyce redeems his Dubliners assures their identity & makes their social existence appear permanent & immortal like the streets they walk& Tom Paulin& Joyce&s early short stories remain undimmed in their brilliance& Sunday Times

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Introduction & Notes by Laurence Davies Dartmouth College New Hampshire Living overseas but writing always about his native city Joyce made Dublin unforgettable The stories in Dubliners show us truants seducers gossips rally-drivers generous hostesses corrupt politicians failing priests amateur theologians struggling musicians moony adolescents victims of domestic brutishness sentimental aunts & poets patriots earnest or cynical & people striving to get by In every sense an international figure Joyce was faithful to his own country by seeing it unflinchingly & challenging every precedent & piety in Irish literature ...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Dubliners by James Joyce& Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the word paralysis It had always sounded strangely in my ears But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent & sinful being It filled me with fear & yet I longed to be nearer to it & to look upon its deadly work& From a child grappling with the death of a fallen priest to a young woman&s dilemma over whether to elope to Argentina with her lover to the dance party at which a man discovers just how little he really knows about his wife these fifteen stories bring the gritty realism of existence in Joyce&s native Dublin to life With Dubliners James Joyce reinvented the art of fiction using a scrupulous deadpan realism to convey truths that were at once blasphemous & sacramental The Penguin English Library
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