The Dead is one of Joyce's best works - in style and emotional intensity.
A shocking confession made by the husband's wife toward the end of the story showcases the power of Joyce's greatest innovation: the epiphany, that moment when everything, for character and reader alike, is suddenly clear.
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About The Dead by James Joyce "The Dead" is a story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce.
At a party, Gabriel Conroy offends three women and realizes in an epiphany that passionless people like himself are already dead.
Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's elegant story details a New Year's Eve gathering in Dublin that is so evocative and beautiful that it prompts the protagonist's wife to make a shocking revelation to her ...
The second heart-stopping, mind-blowing book in this killer series - the Enemy is back.
Angels from hell clothe themselves in the flesh of corpses to form an unholy army. Gary Holland is jolted awake to learn that his father is dead. The family gathers for the funeral... and confronts hell on earth.
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One of the greatest short stories in world literature. »He single-handedly killed the 19th century.« T. S. Eliot »James Joyce revolutionized 20th-century literature.« Time Magazine After a visitation from the dead - through something as ...