{"product_id":"2026200008848-secondhand-dubliners","title":"Dubliners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornerstone of modernist literature, Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce that captures the lives of ordinary men and women in early twentieth-century Dublin. Each story presents a vivid portrait of Irish middle-class life, chronicling moments of quiet desperation, longing, and what Joyce famously termed paralysis — a spiritual and moral stagnation that grips his characters. Written with precise, understated prose, the collection moves from the perspective of childhood innocence through adolescence and into the disillusionment of adult life, culminating in the transcendent and celebrated final story, The Dead. Widely regarded as one of the greatest short story collections in the English language, it illustrates Joyce's unparalleled ability to find universal truths within the intimate details of everyday existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956427665627,"sku":"2026200008848-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1737a441-92a6-47e3-91e2-bd93275190b1.png?v=1783500907","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008848-secondhand-dubliners","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}