Ander bekende werke sluit die kortverhaalbundel ''Dubliners'' (1914) en die romans ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'' (1916) en ''Finnegans Wake'' (1939) in, naas drie gedigbundels, 'n toneelstuk, sy gepubliseerde briewe en enkele artikels as deel van sy joernalistieke werk.
In 1904, in his early twenties, Joyce emigrated permanently to continental Europe with his partner (and later wife) Nora Barnacle. They lived in Trieste, Paris and Zurich. Though most of his adult life was spent abroad, Joyce's fictional universe centres on Dublin, and is populated largely by characters who closely resemble family members, enemies and friends from his time there. ''Ulysses'' in particular is set with precision in the streets and alleyways of the city. Shortly after the publication of ''Ulysses'', he elucidated this preoccupation somewhat, saying, "For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal
