Dubliners (SparkNotes Literature Guide) - Softcover

Joyce, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1411402499 ISBN 13: 9781411402492

Publisher: SparkNotes, 2005

Synopsis

Webster's paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running English-to-Brazilian Portuguese thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Dubliners by James Joyce was edited for three audiences. The first includes Brazilian Portuguese-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL or TOEIC preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Brazilian Portuguese speakers enrolled in English-speaking schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in Brazilian Portuguese in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placement (AP) or similar examinations. By using the Webster's Brazilian Portuguese Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in Brazilian Portuguese or English.
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About this title

Review

"A hundred years on . . . "Dubliners "has been absorbed into our literary landscape, but in the early part of the twentieth century it was the sort of book that hadn't been seen much before, certainly from an Irish writer, and much of it shocked the conventional literary world. . . . [Joyce] was taking the lived landscape of his childhood and transforming it into something universal. . . . The stories contain some of the most beautiful sentences ever written in English." --Colum McCann, from the Foreword

About the Author

James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish poet and novelist, celebrated as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His works include "Ulysses," "Finnegans Wake," and "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
Colum McCann is the author of the National Book Award-winning novel "Let the Great World Spin" and, most recently, "TransAtlantic." Born in Dublin, Ireland, he now lives in New York City.
Terence Brown is an emeritus fellow of Trinity College Dublin.
Roman Muradov has done illustrations for an array of clients, including the "New Yorker," the "New York Times," "Vogue," NPR, and Dark Horse Comics. He lives in San Francisco.

Edition details

• Publisher: SparkNotes
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1411402499
• ISBN 13: 9781411402492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Kestler Justin, Florman Ben