Robin Jacques bol britský umelec a knižný ilustrátor známy svojou plodnou tvorbou. Napriek absencii formálneho umeleckého vzdelania sa sám naučil kresliť a vyvinul si osobitý štýl, ktorý zdobil viac ako 100 románov a kníh pre deti od 40. do 80. rokov 20. storočia. Zvlášť pozoruhodné sú jeho ilustrácie zbierok rozprávok, ktoré oživil magickými vizuálnymi interpretáciami. Jacques tiež významne prispel do literárneho sveta ako umelecký redaktor časopisu *Strand* a neskôr svoje skúsenosti odovzdával ako pedagóg na viacerých umeleckých školách.
Joyce's classic depiction of Stephen Dedalus's boyhood and coming of age in Ireland at the turn of the century, his childhood, sexual awakening, intellectual development and revolt against Catholicism, remains one of the key works of modern literature.
Gathers a variety of tongue twisters and humorous poems about history, religion, politics, mathematics, psychology, and sex.
James Joyce's first published book, which he wrote when he was still in his twenties, Dubliners is far removed from the bold experimentalism of his later work, but is essential for understanding the author's development as a writer, and endures as a masterly example of the short-story form. Although ranging considerably in tone, mood and milieu, the fifteen short stories included in this collection all centre around the city of Dublin and its inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth-century. From the unsettling adventure of two truant schoolboys to the crafty schemes of two con-men, from a young woman's refusal to abandon Ireland and elope with a sailor to a man's moment of clarity during an annual dance party, these stories offer a moving portrait of an entire world and era which has all but disappeared.