July 19, 2005
Dubliners: Araby
by James Joyce15 minutes, 54 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1914
The adventure and frustration of a first crush.
"Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. The blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that I could not be seen. When she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. I ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. I kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, I quickened my pace and passed her. This happened morning after morning. I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood."
The third coming-of-age story in James Joyce's collection Dubliners, classic tales dealing thematically with miscommunication, isolation, class differences, and emotional paralysis in Joyce's Ireland. Read by Alex Wilson.
Posted by alex at July 19, 2005 12:00 PM
