A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A young man severs all conventional ties in order to test his singular vision against the reality of an indifferent world.
Robin Jacques Books
Robin Jacques was a British artist and book illustrator known for his prolific work. Despite having no formal art training, he taught himself to draw and developed a distinctive style that graced over 100 novels and children's books from the 1940s to the 1980s. He notably illustrated fairy-tale compilations, bringing magical worlds to life with his unique visual interpretations. Jacques also contributed significantly to the literary landscape as the art editor for *Strand* magazine and later shared his expertise by teaching at several art colleges.
The Penguin book of Limericks
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Gathers a variety of tongue twisters and humorous poems about history, religion, politics, mathematics, psychology, and sex.
Dubliners
- 207 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Dubliners was James Joyce's first major work. Set against the background of Dublin at the turn of the century, he describes, in a frank, realistic style, incidents in the lives of ordinary men and women, made extraordinary by the eye of his genius. The stories deal progressively with youth, adolescence, young adulthood and maturity. Continuity is provided by the themes of repression, entrapment and revolt. But the unique wit of the Irish also bubbles frequently to the surface, relished and splendidly displayed. (back cover)
