Full audiobook - The Dead by James Joyce from short story collection Dubliners (1914) with captions to read along online. More James Joyce audiobooks: • James Joyce Audiobooks Reading by T Hynes
You know how your heart sinks as you hear the ominous words: "This is a Libravox recording" - realising you are in for one of an army of hopeless narrators none of whom have the vaguest idea of how to read a book.... well, don't fret because this guy is first rate. One of the best interpretations of Ireland's favourite syphilitic, coprophilliac son.
In their defense, Libravox recordings are done by volunteers, and anyone that is good enough to get paid to narrate audiobooks probably doesn't want to do something they get paid for, for free.
Yes, but people should be a bit more honest with themselves, and not over-estimate their abilities so badly. This reading is a real treat by comparison.
Your Beautiful sensitive narration made this story of human joy, frailty, sadness, and of loss so wonderful it was as if I was at this Christmas celebration. Thank you. Xxxx
Arguably, it’s a toss up as to who is the greatest novelist of the 20th Century, I.e., James Joyce or Marcel Proust. Yet, one would be hard pressed to cite a greater short story than “The Dead.” Its psychological nuance and judiciously delineated detail is unsurpassed. And its final pages encompass an achingly poignant appraisal of the human condition and the tragic transience of all creation. There’s nothing else quite like it in all literature. And this reading does it justice.
This isn’t dull and underwhelming, this is an appreciation of the quotidian. This is an extensive work that lets us find drama, happiness, and sadness within our ordinary lives and helps us understand that we do not need fabrication and exaggeration to appease our senses. Shift your perceptions, you’ve been spoiled. The Dead can very much be an allusion to a part of life that lies in the coffin.
thank you for reading this story so well, i loved the narration, especially when you sang, that was so great!! i am currently studying the irish novella and james joyce truly has become my favourite author!! everything he writes has some sort of double meaning or hidden symbolism!! it's interesting to think about the fact that out of dubliners, the dead is his most autobiographical work... it really reflects his views on ireland and its oppressive religious system, though! thank you again!!
What a lovely reading of this greatest of all stories. I read this slowly, over the course of several days, book in hand while listening along. I recommend anyone do the same.
You're an amazing narrator! I had to read this for a Literature class, and while I wasn't too fond of the story itself, as I really can't stand reading longer stories, you make it all the more enjoyable with the enthusiasm in your voice and convenience of audio format. I did however enjoy some of Joyce's shorter tales, like A Painful Case and some of Araby.
The Georgian house where this was set still stands in a dilapidated state in the centre of Dublin. There are currently loud protests at plans to convert it into a hostel.
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A phenomenal reading! Truly spectacular! The story however is rather underwhelming and dull. Boring really to be honest, and I would not have ever read it on my own were it not required of me for English class. Still yet another classic short story added to my repertoire at least.
Amazing story - while I was an English Major in College - this was not required reading. I found Dubliners on my own - and The De!ad, the last of the short stories in the book - wonderful!
I must surely be missing something. I've read some Joyce, including this admired short story, as well as Portrait, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake. I just don't see the "greatness" and "originality." Virginia Woolf? yes. Dostoevsky? absolutely. Conrad? you bet. Ford Madox Ford? no doubt. Three quarters of the Modern Library 100 authors? sure thing. Joyce? Joyce?? seriously? I guess it must help to be Irish to understand the "subtleties." Nevertheless, thanks for posting--for the narration.
i have to listen to this for a school task. and i must say, this might be the most violently boring audiobook i have had to listen. And this is not to trash the text, or the people liking it. but for me now, in the summer examrush, this is just painful.
This is by far the worst story I've ever read. I've watched the movie, read the story, and listen to the audio book. This is something that just doesn't click in my head. How the fuck do you write a analysis paper over this? A guy doesn't know his wife. wtf
