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他之所以選擇都柏林來書寫，是因為都柏林正是愛爾蘭最具代表性的縮影，而這座城市是癱瘓的中心。他把城市擬人化，按照「童年、少年、成年，及社會生活」這樣的順序來全方位展現愛爾蘭的精神癱瘓。
除了癱瘓之外，「殘缺」也是《都柏林人》的另一主題，結構的殘缺體現在故事常常在最後一刻戛然而止，在高潮時留下語焉不詳的結尾。然而，這些未完成的片段更能傳達出意義，形成喬伊斯所謂的「頓悟」；不須刻意尋找，便可發現這十五個都柏林故事都蘊含著「頓悟」的瞬間。
這部文學史上的短篇小說傑作，歷經時間考驗後，終究證明了它的價值——入選二十世紀十大文學經典，留給我們一幅傑出的城市畫像。喬伊斯以藝術家的才華、良知和純粹，征服了愛爾蘭，也征服了世界。
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Dubliners was first published in 1914. The book depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Elegir leer este libro como motivo de mi viaje a Dublín creo que ha sido la mejor idea que he podido tener. Haber paseado por muchas de las calles que se mencionan en él le ha dado un mayor sentimiento de realidad que me ha ayudado a conectar mejor. Además, considero que la historia de Irlanda es increíblemente apasionante, y junto con lo que aprendí en el viaje, creo que me he llevado una lectura completa de sus problemas sociales, estructurales, de su gente... Todos los "cuentos" aportan algo, y Dublín se construía cada vez más nítida según seguía leyendo. A pesar de ello, quiero destacar "Eveline", "Un caso lamentable" y "Los muertos", mis favoritos.
Dubliners is a collection of short stories. Each story depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin. I really felt that each part of this book was a build up without a climax. Every time I got settled into a story it would end and it all felt a bit flat. Throughout the book I often forgot that it was even set in Dublin. I just think there could have been a lot more to keep me enticed as a reader. The last story called 'The Dead' was probably my favourite as it was longer and I felt James Joyce had spent a bit more time on giving me something that I wanted from the other stories. I am going to read some of Joyce's other works to see how he writes longer stories and investigate how his writing style grows with his age. He completed writing Dubliners when he was 25 so it is understandable if this isn't one of his best books.