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1、DublinersJoyce,JamesPublished:19141AboutJoyce:JamesAugustineAloysiusJoyce(IrishSéamusSeoighe;2February1882–13January1941)wasanIrishexpatriatewriter,widelyconsideredtobeoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcentury.HeisbestknownforhislandmarknovelsUlysses(1922)andFi
2、nnegansWake(1939),theshortstorycollectionDubliners(1914)andthesemi-autobio-graphicalnovelAPortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1916).Althoughhisadultlifewaslargelyspentoutsidethecountry,Joyce'sfictionaluni-verseisfirmlyrootedinDublinandprovidethesettingsandmuchofthesubjec
3、tmatterforallhisfiction.Inparticular,histempestuousearlyrela-tionshipwiththeIrishRomanCatholicChurchisreflectedthroughasimilarinnerconflictinhisrecurrentalteregoStephenDedalus.Astheresultofhisminuteattentivenesstoapersonallocaleandhisself-im-posedexileandinfluenceth
4、roughoutEurope,Joycebecamesimultan-eouslyoneofthemostcosmopolitanandoneofthemostlocalofallthegreatEnglishlanguagewriters.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1TheSistersTherewasnohopeforhimthistime:itwasthethirdstroke.NightafternightIhadpassedthehouse(itwasvacationtime)andstudie
5、dthelightedsquareofwindow:andnightafternightIhadfounditlightedinthesameway,faintlyandevenly.Ifhewasdead,Ithought,Iwouldseethereflectionofcandlesonthedarkenedblind,forIknewthattwocandlesmustbesetattheheadofacorpse.Hehadoftensaidtome:IamnotlongforthisworldandIhadthoug
6、hthiswordsidle.NowIknewtheyweretrue.EverynightasIgazedupatthewindowIsaidsoftlytomyselfthewordparalysis.Ithadalwayssoundedstrangelyinmyears,likethewordgnomonintheEuclidandthewordsimonyintheCatech-ism.Butnowitsoundedtomelikethenameofsomemaleficentandsin-fulbeing.Itfil
7、ledmewithfear,andyetIlongedtobenearertoitandtolookuponitsdeadlywork.OldCotterwassittingatthefire,smoking,whenIcamedownstairstosupper.Whilemyauntwasladlingoutmystirabouthesaid,asifreturn-ingtosomeformerremarkofhis:—No,Iwouldn'tsayhewasexactly…buttherewassomethingquee
8、r…therewassomethinguncannyabouthim.I'lltellyoumyopinion…Hebegantopuffathispipe,nodoubtarranginghisopinioninhismind.Tiresomeoldfool!Whenwek
