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Краткое содержание: Дублинцы
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 10 parts
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A boy dreads a priest's death, a clerk pawns his watch for a night out, and Dublin watches them all.
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Дублинцы — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
- Время чтения
- Около 4 h 30 min3 h 35 min fast, 5 h 25 min slow
- Длительность
- Слов: 64 500
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Средний longer sentences, everyday words
- Первая публикация
- 1914by Джеймс Джойс
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Дублинцы in short
Dubliners is a portrait of a city in fifteen scenes. Boys dream of escape, young people hover at a threshold, adults bargain, drink and daydream, and public life is a stage for pride and money. Every story is complete in itself, yet the whole book builds one picture of a place where wishes are strong and action is rare.
What Дублинцы is about
A boy walks past a lit window night after night, watching for the candlelight that will tell him a priest has died. He whispers one word to himself, paralysis, and it fills him with fear and a strange pull. That small scene opens Dubliners.
James Joyce wrote these fifteen stories as a young man, and the book appeared in 1914 after long trouble with printers and publishers. He wanted to show his native city exactly as it was, from childhood through youth and grown life to public life, ending with a Christmas party. Each tale is short, yet each holds a whole small world.
Для кого. You will enjoy this book if you like short stories packed with detail, city life with its pubs, offices and parlors, or the sound of Irish voices. It suits readers who love small moments turned into scenes that stay with you.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
Three boys reach for escape and find disappointment
The book opens with three stories told by boys. In The Sisters, a boy hears that his old friend Father Flynn has died after a third stroke. In An Encounter, a boy and Mahony play truant for a day. In Araby, a boy burns with love for a neighbor girl and promises to bring her a gift from a bazaar.
At the wake, Eliza speaks haltingly about a broken chalice and the strange behavior that followed it. The adults circle the truth and never quite name it. In An Encounter, a shabby older man sits down beside the boys in a field, and his talk slowly turns into something that frightens the narrator.
In Araby, the boy watches Mangan's sister from behind a lowered blind, and the word Araby glows in his mind like an Eastern spell. But his uncle comes home late and forgetful, and the boy must travel alone by night. Childhood hopes in Dublin meet a world that cannot answer them.
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Young people stand at the edge of a choice
The next two stories follow young people tempted by a larger world.
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Cunning and calculation rule the street and the house
Two Gallants follows Lenehan and Corley through a warm August Sunday evening.
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Small men dream of a bigger life
A Little Cloud centers on Little Chandler, a gentle clerk.
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Loneliness hides inside kindness and routine
Clay introduces Maria, a very small woman with a long nose who works in a laundry.
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Politics and art are tangled up with money
Ivy Day in the Committee Room takes place on the anniversary of Parnell's death.
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A retreat and a Christmas party close the book
Grace begins with Mr Kernan, found at the foot of the stairs in a bar, bleeding from a bitten tongue.
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Paralysis grips people who cannot move or choose
The first page names the book's central idea with the word paralysis.
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Money, respect and belief decide how people treat each other
Money turns up in nearly every story.
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Joyce tells it with plain words and exact details
Joyce arranges the stories in four groups: childhood, youth, mature life and public life, with The Dead as a final piece.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Gabriel Conroy A stout, nervous teacher and book reviewer who loves his wife and dreads failing in his after-dinner speech at his aunts' party.
- Gretta Conroy Gabriel's wife, from Galway, warm and quick to laugh, and moved deeply when she hears an old song at the party.
- Eveline Hill A nineteen-year-old shop worker who keeps her father's house and must decide whether to leave with the sailor Frank.
- Farrington A heavy, hot-tempered copyist who hates his boss Mr Alleyne and escapes into the pubs of Dublin.
- Little Chandler A gentle clerk who dreams of becoming a poet and feels small beside his famous friend Ignatius Gallaher.
- Mrs Mooney A determined boarding-house keeper who watches her daughter Polly's affair and plans exactly how to settle it.
- Maria A tiny, peace-making laundry worker who visits the family she once nursed on Halloween night.
- Mr Duffy A bank cashier who lives in tidy isolation and is drawn to Mrs Sinico by their talks about books.
How it ends (spoiler)
In the hotel room, Gretta tells Gabriel about Michael Furey, a boy she once knew in Galway who sang The Lass of Aughrim and died after standing in the rain outside her window. She falls asleep. Gabriel feels shame, then pity and a new understanding of love. He watches snow fall across Ireland and sees it covering the grave where Michael lies, falling on all the living and the dead.
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Вопросы о книге Дублинцы
What is Dubliners about?
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories about ordinary people in Dublin around the start of the twentieth century. They move from childhood to youth, adult life and public life, showing hopes, small defeats and moments of insight.
What does paralysis mean in Dubliners?
Paralysis is the word the boy in The Sisters whispers, and it names the book's main idea. Many characters feel stuck by family, money, habit or religion, and cannot move toward the lives they want.
Is Dubliners a true story, and when was it written?
The stories are fiction, but they draw on real Dublin streets, pubs and customs. Joyce wrote them in his twenties, and the collection was published in 1914 after long delays with printers and publishers.
Do I need to read the stories in order?
Each story stands alone, so you can start anywhere. Reading in order shows Joyce's plan, which moves from childhood to youth, maturity and public life, and ends with The Dead, the longest and most reflective tale.
Why is The Dead so often singled out?
The Dead is the longest story and gathers the book's themes in one winter night: family, music, memory, pride and love. Its closing passage, with snow falling over Ireland, is among the most admired scenes in short fiction.
Как сослаться на это издание
Joyce, James. Dubliners. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/dubliners.
Joyce, J. (2026). Dubliners. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/dubliners (Original work published 1914)
Joyce, James. Dubliners. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/dubliners.
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