I first decided to record Ulysses in October 2015. Little did I know then what an unforgettable eighteen months lay ahead. Having already recorded Dubliners and Portrait (and being terrified of Ulysses) I decided to give myself a year just to read it. However, after about four episodes I started recording it and became hooked.Being a Dubliner and having the privilege of walking the pages of this book daily it became a world that absorbed me totally. Almost everywhere I went in Dublin Joyce...

This iconic work of experimental modernism "comes nearer to being the perfect revelation of a personality than any book in existence" ( The New York Times).Taking place on June 16, 1904, Ulysses follows the itinerant journeys of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus as they make their way through an ordinary day in Dublin. With stream-of-conscious narration, Joyce weaves a sprawling yet incisive portrait of his characters, the nature of desire, and Du...

Le roman relate les pérégrinations de Leopold Bloom (Ulysse) et Stephen Dedalus (Télémaque) à travers la ville de Dublin lors d'une journée ordinaire. L'action commence le 16 juin 1904 à 8 heures pour se terminer dans la nuit aux alentours de 3 heures.Dans la banalité du quotidien de ces deux hommes, Joyce explore le monologue intérieur où les sujets vont de la mort à la vie, en passant par le sexe, l'art, la religion ou encore la situation de l'Irlande. S'affranchissant des normes...

"Ulysses", das Meisterwerk von James Joyce, ist ein bahnbrechender Roman, der die Erzählform des 20. Jahrhunderts revolutionierte. In einem einzigen Tag, dem 16. Juni 1904, entfaltet sich die Geschichte von Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus und Molly Bloom, die jeweils ihre eigenen inneren Konflikte und Gedankenströme erleben. Joyces ausgeklügelte Verwendung von Stream-of-Consciousness-Technik sowie seine umfassende Kenntnis klassischer Mythen, insbesondere der Odyssee von Homer, verleihen de...

This revised volume of the acclaimed novel follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961.Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James Joyce constructs a novel of extraordinary imaginative richness and depth. Unique in the history of literature, Ulysses is one of the most important and enjoyable works of the twen...

Ulysses is a novel by Irish author James Joyce. Although it was banned soon after it was published, it has become known as one of the greatest novels of all time. A classic of the Modernist pantheon, Ulysses pioneers many literary techniques such as stream-of-consciousness.The novel takes place on 16 June 1904 in Dublin and chronicles the day in the life of Leopold Bloom. June 16th is now celebrated internationally as Bloomsday. Paralleling Odysseus' journey in Homer's Odyssey, the novel c...

Ulysses by James Joyce is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition for anyone exploring James Joyce's writing or building a library of enduring books.

Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. It is considered one of the most important works of Modernist literature.Ulysses chronicles the passage through Dublin by its main character, Leopold Bloom, during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. The title alludes to the hero of Homer's Odyssey (Latinised into Ulysses), ...

“Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always meeting ourselves.”On 16 June 1904, Leopold Bloom brought his wife breakfast in bed. A day much like any other, he picks up his mail, goes to work, and meets with friends at a nearby pub. On the same day, the young writer Stephen Daedalus sets out on his own day to deliver a lecture on Hamlet at the National Library....

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned:—Introibo ad altare Dei.Halted, he peered down the dark winding stairs and called out coarsely:—Come up, Kinch! Come up, you fearful jesuit!Solemnly he came forward and mounted the round gunrest. He faced about and...

"Ulysses" takes place in Dublin, Ireland, over the course of a single day, June 16, 1904. The story follows the lives of three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, a young aspiring writer who serves as a fictionalized version of Joyce himself; Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertising salesman; and Molly Bloom, Leopold's wife.The novel is heavily inspired by Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," with each chapter corresponding to an episode in Odysseus' journey. Joyce uses this framework to explore vari...

One man's day becomes every man's story. In Ulysses, James Joyce transforms a single day in Dublin into one of the greatest adventures in all of literature — a masterpiece of language, identity, and the boundless depth of the human experience. Set on June 16, 1904, the novel follows Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and Molly Bloom through the streets, thoughts, and emotions of ordinary life, reimagined as a modern epic. Through humor, introspection, and revolutionary style, Joyce capture...