Jonty Claypole

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9,840 appearances 30 recordings 3 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 8 Sep

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Secret Life of Books · James Joyce 1: Dubliners · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

After that, there are stories about young men in their 20s who want to make more of their lives and they have managed, but for one reason or another can't quite do it. matched

There are a handful of stories about lower middle class parents who maneuver their daughters into compromising and potentially shameful situations in an attempt to achieve social mobility. matched

There are stories referring to the failure of Irish nationalism and the defeat of the leader, Charles Stuart Parnell, one of the defining moments of Joyce's boyhood. matched

The last long story in the collection is the most famous. matched

It's called The Dead. matched

Gabriel Conroy goes to his aunt's Christmas party in Dublin and gets into the small talk and hostly bonhomie, carving the roast and giving a speech. matched

He feels a bit disconnected from his emotions, but he rallies and feels like it's been a good time. matched

Afterwards, when he and his wife returned to the hotel and he is anticipating having fantastic sex with her. matched

Greta, however, his wife just looks sad and thoughtful. matched

And she tells the story of her first boyfriend, Michael Fury, who loves her so much that he stood in freezing rain just like Heathcliff did. matched

But unlike Heathcliff, he caught cold and died. matched

The story leads Gabriel to an epiphany in which he realises that while he has never loved anyone like that, the world is filled with the shades of people who have loved and lost passionately. matched

Very beautiful, Sophie. matched

I do. matched

And I wasn't being passive aggressive. matched

I was just giving credit where credit is due. matched

So be less sensitive and give us a reading in your finest Irish, in your finest Irish brogue. matched

It's a brilliant story, The Dead. matched

And I do love this collection of stories, Dubliners. matched

I want to get that out now because I feel less passionate about some of the other works of his we're going to do. matched

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