A Painful Case
A solitary middle-aged bank official finds his routine interrupted by a relationship with a married woman. Four years later, an article in a newspaper brings it all back to him.
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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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Stephen Rea |
| Producer | Stephen Wright |
| Abridger | Doreen Estall |
| Author | James Joyce |
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- Mon 17 Feb 201422:45BBC Radio 4
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