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James Joyce's Dubliners

Sunday Feature Literary Pursuits
Episode 4 of 8

Sarah Dillon recounts James Joyce's epic struggle to publish Dubliners, including battles with publishers, fire at the printers and a direct appeal to the English king.

James Joyce went to extraordinary lengths to publish his first book, Dubliners. He personally rescued the manuscript from fire, lost a major standoff with his publishers over revisions, orchestrated a press campaign, wrote a despairing letter to the king of England and left Ireland for good. Sarah Dillon recounts the story, investigates the manuscripts and sees how Joyce's astonishing literary career nearly fell at the first hurdle.

Reader: Damien Molony
Producer: James Cook.

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45 minutes

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Tue 29 Aug 2017 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    The Brook, Op 62 No 4 (Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Jun 2016 18:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Tue 29 Aug 2017 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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