James Joyce - Dubliners.pdf

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1、DublinersJoyce,JamesPublished:1914Categorie(s):Fiction,ShortStoriesSource:Feedbooks1AboutJoyce:JamesAugustineAloysiusJoyce(IrishSéamusSeoighe;2February1882–13January1941)wasanIrishexpatriatewriter,widelyconsideredtobeoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcentury.Heisbestknownforhisland

2、marknovelsUlysses(1922)andFinnegansWake(1939),theshortstorycollectionDubliners(1914)andthesemi-autobio-graphicalnovelAPortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1916).Althoughhisadultlifewaslargelyspentoutsidethecountry,Joyce'sfictionaluni-verseisfirmlyrootedinDublinandprovidethesettingsandmuchofth

3、esubjectmatterforallhisfiction.Inparticular,histempestuousearlyrela-tionshipwiththeIrishRomanCatholicChurchisreflectedthroughasimilarinnerconflictinhisrecurrentalteregoStephenDedalus.Astheresultofhisminuteattentivenesstoapersonallocaleandhisself-im-posedexileandinfluencethroughoutEurope

4、,Joycebecamesimultan-eouslyoneofthemostcosmopolitanandoneofthemostlocalofallthegreatEnglishlanguagewriters.Source:WikipediaAlsoavailableonFeedbooksforJoyce:•Ulysses(1922)•APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1916)Copyright:ThisworkisavailableforcountrieswherecopyrightisLife+70andintheUSA.Not

5、e:ThisbookisbroughttoyoubyFeedbookshttp://www.feedbooks.comStrictlyforpersonaluse,donotusethisfileforcommercialpurposes.2Chapter1TheSistersTherewasnohopeforhimthistime:itwasthethirdstroke.NightafternightIhadpassedthehouse(itwasvacationtime)andstudiedthelightedsquareofwindow:andnightafte

6、rnightIhadfounditlightedinthesameway,faintlyandevenly.Ifhewasdead,Ithought,Iwouldseethereflectionofcandlesonthedarkenedblind,forIknewthattwocandlesmustbesetattheheadofacorpse.Hehadoftensaidtome:IamnotlongforthisworldandIhadthoughthiswordsidle.NowIknewtheyweretrue.EverynightasIgazedupatt

7、hewindowIsaidsoftlytomyselfthewordparalysis.Ithadalwayssoundedstrangelyinmyears,likethewordgnomonintheEuclidandthewordsimonyintheCatech-ism.Butnowitsoundedtomelikethenameofsomemaleficentandsin-fulbeing.Itfilledmewithfear,andyetIlongedtobenearertoitandtolookuponitsdeadlywork.Old