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Book at Bedtime: Dubliners

Stephen Rea

Stephen Wright

Doreen Estall

James Joyce

Book at Bedtime: Dubliners: Episode 9: Counterparts

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Episode 9

Episode 9: Counterparts

Counterparts

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A man struggles to get through his day at work, anticipating a good night's drinking.

An alcoholic tries to make it through his working day, taking out his frustrations during a night of drinking. However his rage soon spills out in the city's pubs and finally home.

Naturalistic in style, 'Dubliners' depicts an array of characters, graduating progressively from childhood, through adolescence, to maturity, culminating in the final story, 'The Dead'. The stories each centre on the idea of a moment of epiphany, but are grounded in the minutiae of daily life. Stories of love, loss, con men, friendship, alcoholism, marriage, politics and family, combine to create a unified world, a celebration of a city, in the unparalleled prose of its most famous son.

Abridger: Doreen Estall
Reader: Stephen Rea
Producer: Stephen Wright.

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James Joyce's naturalistic short stories combine to create a celebration of a city

James Joyce's naturalistic short stories combine to create a celebration of a city, in the unparalleled prose of its most famous son

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