James Joyce entered the history of world literature as the author of the novel Ulysses, which became one of the greatest books in the history of literature. The first volume presents the writer's entire prose preceding this great novel in the best translations to date: the collection of short stories "Dubliners," the novel "Portrait of an Artist in Youth," as well as the so-called "virtual" prose of Joyce, early samples of the pen of the future genius, unpublished works, harboring the seeds of future masterpieces.