Track | Section/Title | Reader | Length |
1 | 01 – The Dead Part 1 | Elizabeth Klett | 23:53 |
2 | 02 – The Dead Part 1 | Elizabeth Klett | 17:41 |
3 | 03 – The Dead Part 3 | Elizabeth Klett | 19:40 |
4 | 04 – The Dead Part 4 | Elizabeth Klett | 35:02 |
Production
Read by: Elizabeth Klett
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: David Barnes
Proof Listener: Ans Wink
Artwork
Cover: James Joyce, Photo by C. Ruf, Zurich, ca. 1918, Cornell Joyce Collection
Inset: Playbill for the musical The Dead
Inset: Photo of James Joyce, author unknown
“The Dead” is a long short story by James Joyce that appears as the last item in Dubliners. The central character is Gabriel Conroy, a professor and part time reviewer of books. The setting is a Christmas party thrown by his two aunts, Kate and Julia Morkin, doyennes of the Dublin music world. As the party is breaking up, Gabriel sees how intensely his wife, Gretta, is listening to a song sung by Bartell D’Arcy, a noted Irish tenor, only to learn later that her emotions had been prompted by her memory of a young lover, Michael Furey, who had preceded Gabriel and who had died for her love. When she declines his lovemaking overtures and goes to bed, he is left alone to dwell on and in his loneliness. He has the unfortunate epiphany that she has never felt as passionate in their marriage. The silver lining is that he at last experiences a spiritual connection to others The story is the crowning glory of Dubliners and considered one of the best ever written by anyone. Joyce biographer Richard Ellmann wrote "In its lyrical, melancholy acceptance of all that life and death offer, 'The Dead' is a linchpin in Joyce's work.”
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0682550992181 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992181 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | CD .jacket |
Author | James Joyce |
Year | 1906 |
Recording | |
Read by | Elizabeth Klett |
Length | 1 hour and 36 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo readings |
The Dead
- Author: James Joyce
- Product Code: DB-6011
- Availability: In Stock
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