James Joyce The Dead [Reading]

RTÉ Radio 1: Drama On One

The Dead by James Joyce  Read by Stephen Rea  RTÉ Radio 1: Drama On One - 21 Dec 2021   @ 10 Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's 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 husband—closing the story with an emotionally powerful epiphany that is considered one of the best in modern literature.  Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island, the story centres on Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta, who attend a party hosted by Gabriel’s aunts. Throughout the course of the evening, Gabriel comes to realise how little he knows of his wife’s past. Program Info: pdf

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