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Araby

By: James Joyce
Narrated by: John Telfer
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A teenage boy falls in love with his friend's sister and must finagle a trip to a bazaar at nearby Araby to win her heart. But will it be that easy?

Public Domain (P)2015 Blackstone Audiobooks Classics Heartfelt
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Evocative and wistful, dancing through idealised fancy. Only to lost in the dirge of closing time and cold reality.

I'll be honest that I had absolutely no idea what was going on, but, much like with my problematic Queer fave, Virginia Woolf, I let the beautiful prose wash over me. It was a glorious listen, and the narrative and themes were plain once before me in black and white.

I listened to an audiobook of this simply as I wanted to listen to something short from the Audible Included library while I was doing a few bits and making my tea. I had to listen to the fourth part twice as I thought I misses something.

I have been meaning to read Dubliners and Joyce for years and after this first taste, I absolutely need to prioritise more.

Beautiful

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It is hard to believe that Joyce was still a very young man when Dubliners was first published. The maturity and craft in this his first and only collection of short stories is remarkable. Araby is a beautifully written tale, spare in parts, painfully luscious in others and almost intolerably personal. In my top ten short stories by any writer across anytime.

Poignant Masterpiece

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