09 Counterparts

James Joyce

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The ninth story in James Joyce's Dubliners is titled "Counterparts." It follows Farrington, a lumbering alcoholic scrivener, who takes out his frustration in pubs and on his son Tom. This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, revealing to the Irish their unromantic realities.

Each of the 15 stories in Dubliners offers glimpses into the lives of ordinary Dubliners, collectively painting a portrait of a nation. Joyce’s Dubliners is a vivid and unflinching portrait of “dear dirty Dublin” at the turn of the twentieth century. These fifteen stories delve into the heart of the city of Joyce’s birth, capturing the cadences of Dubliners’ speech and portraying with an almost brute realism their outer and inner lives.

Dubliners is Joyce at his most accessible and most profound.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.