How to Read Ulysses by James Joyce (10 Tips)
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0:00 how to read Ulysses by James Joyce
2:00 Ulysses is a reflection of your reading
4:00 on the importance of taking your time
6:00 Homer, Shakespeare & Joyce
7:00 passive reading & single meanings
9:00 allusion hunting assignment
9:40 “Ineluctable modality of the visible”
11:00 Proteus & stream-of-consciousness
12:00 read Ulysses for Joyce’s language
13:37 listening and reading aloud
14:30 the musicality of Ulysses
16:30 the Sirens episode of Ulysses
18:30 reading Ulysses like a poem
19:20 mythic and aesthetic crib notes
20:00 collect your favourite sections
20:40 the Homeric parallels in Ulysses
22:00 my first experience with Ulysses
22:20 the opening episode (Telemachus)
23:44 one of my personal favourite sections
24:26 Stephen’s theory of Hamlet
26:10 experiencing otherness in literature
26:51 the oxen of the sun
27:48 Marilyn Monroe’s reading of ‘Penelope’
29:09 the story and characters of Ulysses
30:00 June 16th 1904, Bloomsday
31:31 Trieste-Zürich-Paris, 1914-1921
32:10 Dubliners, and Joyce's Portrait
33:02 irony in the micro becoming the epic
33:57 the name Stephen Daedalus
34:54 meeting Leopold ‘Poldy’ Bloom
35:50 what Joyce’s characters represent
36:26 approach Ulysses with a sense of joy
37:12 celebrating Irish humour
37:53 using Joyce’s other works as entrance
38:10 James Joyce’s Dubliners
38:40 my favourite stories from Dubliners
40:00 read Joyce to understand Modernism
40:20 what is Modernism in literature?
44:18 T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf & James Joyce
45:00 content vs form, or style vs substance
45:30 the censorship of Joyce’s Ulysses
47:52 Joyce’s love letters to Nora Barnacle
48:18 the controversial Nausicaa episode
50:22 which edition of Ulysses is the best?
50:59 Ulysses serialisation in the Little Review
52:40 the 1922 edition of Ulysses
54:00 Eduardo Arroyo’s illustrated Ulysses
55:25 read Joyce’s Ulysses with a group
57:45 well wishes for your Joyce Journey
58:06 some questions for you
@BlueDusk95 Жыл бұрын
I've managed to read Ulysses in three weeks using these two tips: read it in Dublin, and get drunk 24/7. It worked! The only downside is that I have no recollections of my reading.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
😂😂 I'll cheers a Guinness to that! Sounds like the best way of reading it to me.
@kennethterrell7409 Жыл бұрын
I had a friend who majored in English at Cornell. He read Ulysses in 48 hours, with a lot of help from his friends.
@joancurran4897 Жыл бұрын
Blue Dusk - Now that is what I call a "Feat and a Tale" in itself! Too too funny! Stay healrhy and well read. Best wishes and love to all out there from South New Jersey, USA ❤️
@Hello_Drafin Жыл бұрын
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@renaodriscoll2060 Жыл бұрын
Well done!!!!
@briancoveney3080 Жыл бұрын
I just finished it. Minutes ago. Some help with the Audio, but I did read every word. I AM speechless. I can't wait to "re-read" it. It's incredible. I didn't think I was going to make it through the (long running, punctuationless) Molly monologue of the last hunk of pages. But, It WAS worth every minute I used to read it. I does feel like a lifetime. I am already thinking of when and how to go through it again. "Yes I said yes I will Yes."
@You-TubeUser2836 Жыл бұрын
Please-please keep posting these kind of videos-please, they are so endearing. Because of you I’ve come to known such great writers like Samuel Richardson and much more.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Aw, thank you :) I really appreciate that! I'm thrilled that there are so many lovers of literature who are excited about my favourite books!
@christophechalaye2361 Жыл бұрын
I love your passion and eloquence. About 15 years ago, I tried to read Ulysses on my own without a guide. I failed. I made it roughly 300 pages before putting it down, defeated and discouraged. It was simply beyond me. Since then, I've considered this novel my personal literary Everest, and with every passing year, I feel a little more confident to reattempt my ascent.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Reading 300 pages of Ulysses without a guide is an incredible accomplishment. I think that feeling of defeat will prove to be valuable when you tackle it valiantly this time around Christophe :) After 15 years, you'll be bringing so much wisdom to the work. You'll climb this literary Everest, I'm sure!
@Pww642 3 ай бұрын
Do not give up! Never give up. I finished it this month, after probably four aborted attempts over the course of a decade.
@michaelasciutto6911 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, sir. I've read "Ulysses" once in each of the past four decades and will again soon after turning seventy. Also, I've witnessed great lectures at four different universities on Joyce and his masterpieces given by my favorite professors. It seems you'll be my guide when I begin my final act.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Wow. Thank you, Michael. It sounds like you have an incredibly deep personal relationship with this great work. I'm honoured to have you here!
@michaelasciutto6911 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminMcEvoy Thank you, sir, and yes, to "Ulysses" and the many others you mention in this presentation. Edith Hamilton led me to Homer and the Mythic Heroes as a schoolboy, and from there I progressed to the great literature of all the world's societies. I've read everything published by James Joyce, of course, and even now, I pull down "The Aenied" by Publius Vergilius Maro weekly, delighting in the song of my ancestors and the understanding of the difficulties faced by immigrants, which all of us are. As sung by Kris Kristofferson, we're all pilgrims "On this Holy Road through the Universal Mind."
@learnnowspeaknow 10 күн бұрын
The thing I love about Joyce is his work encourages us to be as well read and as humble as he was. He brings literature to life while also completely undermining the egotistic and imperial narratives of greatness and heroism that are so implicit in these works he brings to life. Abjection before humanity and affirmation before life are what I learned from him most. He transvaluates the desire to understand this difficult work into the desire to stop reifying literature, and love it, say yes to it instead, as with people.
@mrich9654 Жыл бұрын
I'm 53 this year and have been working up the courage to start this book. My Lit Professor had us listen to and read all of Shakespeare plays and they have stayed with me for the past 30 years. It's a great way to learn.
@richardlong5928 Жыл бұрын
This is without question the best video on the internet regarding Ulysses, Joyce, and how to best read and celebrate his art. Thank you so much. I’ve been looking everywhere for this.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Richard! You have made my day, my friend :) I'm so happy you enjoyed it!
@richardlong5928 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminMcEvoy I finished reading Ulysses about 3 weeks ago (in fact, just after Bloomsday!). I wish I had this video available to me before/during that experience. Can’t tell you how thrilled I am to have subscribed to your channel!
@ZenGrammy Жыл бұрын
I have been immersed in Ulysses and Proust for six months now. It is exhilarating to be reading both major works at last and together. I assume you know of “the Joyce Project”. It is a treasure. I read a chapter of Ulysses through the first time, then I read it again with the project version and read every link. Then I read the chapter again before moving on. I never got the hang of Joyce until I followed your suggestion to read it out loud. Definitely all about the language. Sending you a tidal wave of appreciation and thanks 🙏 🎉
@ros.an. Жыл бұрын
this is so abnormally timely i literally just finished reading ulysses this morning!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Wow! Congratulations on finishing it :)
@ann-marieodonnell6102 Жыл бұрын
I read and fell in love with Ulysses this year. I understand and agree that you are never truly finished with this book. Along with others, I read Ulysses over 80 days to celebrate the centenary. It worked out 6-8 pages per day. Some days, those 6 pages took an hour. Other days, I wanted to keep reading on, which I did. I have since seen Edna O'Brien's play, Joyce's Women and I intend to revisit this again. Probably sooner rather than later. Some of it went over my head, but that's ok. Reading it in a group setting made a huge difference to that.
@fromthepeanutgallery1084 6 ай бұрын
Great way to read a book. Trying to do the same with with another long novel. I began in April, it's now November. My goal to finish by the end of the year. Im a very slow reader [in fiction] I going to read Ulysses next year (ordered a hard cover) and act on your method 6/8 perhaps10 pages per day (in two sittings morning and bedtime) over a definite set period. Completing it in 3 months.
@princessEA7 18 күн бұрын
Thank you very much! It's great help! _ I'm now reading 'Ulysses'. I wish I had started earlier. _ Two favourite quotes: 1. 'Travel round in front of the sun, steal a day’s march on him. Keep it up for ever never grow a day older technically.' (Part II / Chapter 4 - Calypso) 2. '...Do you know what is the proudest word you will ever hear from an Englishman’s mouth? .... -That on his empire, Stephen said, the sun never sets. *** -Ba! - Mr Deasy cried. - That’s not English. A French Celt said that. ... I paid my way. ' *** '_ Good man, good man. _ - I paid my way. I never borrowed a shilling in my life. Can you feel that? I owe nothing.' _ (Part 1/Chapter 2 - Nestor)
@thephilosophicalagnostic2177 Жыл бұрын
I first read The Artist and then Ulysses. I did so after listening to Joseph Campbell's lectures on James Joyce's work. It really helped listening to those and reading the Artist first. Yes, I read the entirety of Ulysses. I did this about 20 years ago.
@TheBruceKeller Жыл бұрын
Silly question, but you are referring to his first book, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" right?
@thephilosophicalagnostic2177 Жыл бұрын
@@TheBruceKeller Yes
@ZenGrammy Жыл бұрын
Well, now. At last I know why I must pick up Ulysses yet again. I have read chapter one five times but no further. While I did enjoy it, I was never tempted to begin chapter two, until now. Thank you for opening my mind and my spirit. Looking forward to this grand adventure. 🌸
@johnmccullagh_ 3 ай бұрын
To read Ulysses is to live Ulysses. I have just finished reading the absolute masterpiece novel that is Joyces Ulysses. My mind is quite frankly blown away. It’s hard to convey into words how utterly life changing and mesmerising this work is. It’s abstract, it’s funny, it’s absurd, it’s ridiculous, it’s life and life it’s self all written into the most stunning beautiful prose I have read. It’s a towering epic novel that only the Brothers Karamazov rivals. Thank you for your wonderful video Benjamin, you are a diamond in the rough.
@jonathancastillo3627 Жыл бұрын
Having read Ulysses 3 times, I recommend the RTÉ Radio production of the novel. It has been a companion since my first reading.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Terrific production! I second that great recommendation :)
@heathersletters6491 Жыл бұрын
What a great recommendation--I will do that alongside my reading instead of the audiobook.
@FiveFigsDigital Жыл бұрын
I experienced this great work in Dublin under the tutelage of Roland McHugh while studying at the School of Irish Studies in Ballsbridge in 1979. We read it aloud, every page, every paragraph in class. Joyce may have invented Meta Data, the hidden information in plain sight that places a reader in one place, at one time. To truly understand it, you must study it, and in doing so, it teaches one how to learn and observe. Only after you have studied and consumed it, can you say you have read it. You emerge changed forever.
@jeffjoseph5 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your insight! Thank you for your post. It woke me up. Great stuff. You. Made my day
@haydersdk5088 Жыл бұрын
i have always wanted to read Ulysses, but the fact that English is my second language scares me, and i want to get more of homer and Shakespeare under my belt, as always great and helpful videos keep up the good work 🙏.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Your English is great! I'm sure you'll be able to get something out of Ulysses. Being able to speak more than one language is a huge benefit when it comes to Joyce. And thank you for the kind words, my friend :)
@cbooth2004 Жыл бұрын
I used _Ulysses_ as a text in an ESL class for many years, and my students loved it. I ran into a woman from Argentina in the street a few years after she was in my class, and she told me she had gone to Dublin for the centennial in 2004. Don't worry. You will find much that you will love and that will become a part of your thinking thereafter; what you miss will be clear on re-reading. And you will want to re-read once it captures you.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
@@cbooth2004 Wow. That's incredible, Christopher. You not only managed to use this difficult novel in your ESL class, but you ended up inspiring your student to actually go over to Dublin. You're a fantastic teacher - what a lucky class :)
@zapify6999 7 ай бұрын
Damn 16th June is my birthday
@Beantbeantbeant Жыл бұрын
I am 19 and I read Ulysses last month, and it’s now my favourite book of all time. It is the book to end all books.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on reading Ulysses! And at 19, that’s incredibly impressive. I’m thrilled to hear it’s become your favourite! :)
@Beantbeantbeant Жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminMcEvoy Thanks Ben! I used Ulysses Unbound by Terrence Killeen as my guide. I used to say I was Dante and that book was my Virgil. I would read a chapter in Ulysses then the corresponding chapter in that book and it helped everything become accessible to me. I also listened to the audiobook you mentioned and it made it the best reading experience of my life. The book is hilarious and moving, and I agree with Column McCann where he said Ulysses has the power to bring us face to face with our own heritage and to understand ourselves. He even went so far to say he saw his dead great grandfather walk across his room and sit in a chair, as the Dublin from Ulysses is the same Dublin in which he would have lived in. Everything his family did and how they acted now makes sense as the book can act almost like a time machine. I feel exactly the same way for my own Irish heritage, as the stories of Bloom and Dedalus helped me come to terms with the losses of my grandparents, as while I read the book I lived in the world in which they lived in. It also helped me connect with my mum on a deeper level as I began to understand her upbringing and why she is how she is. To see how Bloom coped with the loss of his daughter and his fathers suicide while still staying strong made ME feel strong, and the friendship the two developed over the cup of cocoa made me appreciate the smaller moments with my own friends and family. It really has changed my life for the future, and I believe I have become a keen observer of all things great and small. It truly is a transformative book, and I think there are parts of us all scattered throughout. I am in my gap year before I start my English and History joint honours degree, so I have been reading broadly and tackling the "best of the best" in classic literature. You have guided most of my choices and I come to your channel for a deeper understanding and to hear your points of view. I will say out of this year my favourite books so far are Ulysses, Crime and Punishment, Moby Dick, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, but I am currently reading The Brothers Karamazov and I can tell it will definitely be added to this list once I finish. I would love to see you do a video on it!
@MelB868 11 ай бұрын
Umm it’s boring
@NeonRadarMusic 5 ай бұрын
The reading-aloud part is absolutely the key to unlocking this book. I tried reading it at least thrice before but the style and the allusions just annoyed me cause I simply hadn't, and still haven't, read all the books Joyce refers to. But when you hear it said aloud, you find that the allusions, while definitely playing a huge part in its appeal, are secondary to the sound of the words, the vocabulary, and the imagery, and yes, the story. And as someone who writes songs, I also understand why so many great songwriters and lyricists, such as Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Jim Morrison and Van Morrison are Joyce fans.
@marcomeglioli2618 11 ай бұрын
thank you for this video from Italy. You know Joyce was a great lover of the italian arts and we know that him and Italo Svevo were very in touch, making a very interesting bridge between italian and english literature. Sorry fo my bad english but I'm not mother tongue although you are very good and I can understood you ☺. Greetings from Bologna 👋👋
@nbenefiel 11 ай бұрын
I read Ulysses 50 years ago while I was living in Dublin. The more you know the city, the easier Ulysses gets. We used to do the Bloomsday pub crawl, by the end of the day, we were so smashed that Finnegan’s Wake made sense.
@SophiaClef Жыл бұрын
This is so impressive and we-ll researched! Last year, I read Ulysses twice, because I just couldn't stop myself. It was my first try, and it went so much better than I'd imagined. I read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a few years ago, and although I liked the author's experiments with style, I didn't enjoy it that much. Ulysses is in a league of its own. For the most part, I didn't need a mediator, because I don't get frustrated that easily when I discover I don't get something. I focused on the things I understood and let the rest be music and play. When I required help, I turned to The New Bloomsday Book, Stuart Gilbert's study, The Joyce Project, and Blooms & Barnacles. Later, I got so obsessed I bought other books on Ulysses. Each chapter was an opportunity to experience the world differently. Joyce saw them as opportunities to exhaust the language, and he sure did. The beginning of each chapter served as a signpost to change my strategy. By the end of it, I felt like this was my last opportunity to savor this style. Proteus scared me at first because it was so slippery, but then reassured me and turned out to be one of my go-to parts. It gets so much better after the first read, when you see how it connects to other chapters. Obviously, every chapter with Mr. Leopold Bloom as the main focus was a thrill. As a person, he lacks Stephen's knowledge and depth, but as a character he is infinitely more fascinating in his little problems, interests, and quirks. Nausicaa was one of the most delightful parodies I've ever read, yet at the same time it sparked so many thoughts about identity and the self-protection techniques we use, when the alternative would be tragic. Oxen of the Sun was easier than I imagined. I thought half of it would be in actual Old and Middle English. The story of Mina Purefoy's childbirth is discussed through the male lens, and Joyce replicated the style of male writers only. These imitations were so well-done, that even I recognized some authors. While Oxen explores the conscious, my favorite chapter, Circe, deals with the subconscious. It's like Joyce took the entirety of Ulysses and condensed it to a phantasmagorical play, adding so much nuance to it in the process. I also fell in love with Ithaca and Penelope, and overall I enjoyed this book in all its forms, be it a history lesson, a discussion about Shakespeare, a fugue, a list of wedding guests who all happen to have tree names, a catechism whose purpose isn't to answer our questions, or a never ending stream of thoughts. Good luck with the book club! I'm sure you'll have a blast exploring different aspects of it together!
@DressyCrooner Жыл бұрын
You have become my favorite channel on KZfaq. Going to pause Beethoven's Seventh Symphony to watch this. I really want to read Ulysses one of these days!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You’ve made my day :) And fabulous choice of music!
@rachmusic9873 Жыл бұрын
Nice. I was listening to Puccini’s La Bohème when I switched over to this video👍
@EmiWoodScully Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this! Truly fascinating and interesting content filled with such great information! I’m currently studying for my comprehensive exams for my PhD and Ulysses is a monumental text on my list since I am going to be specializing in modernism… So thank you!
@nilumohapatra4841 Жыл бұрын
Great narrative on the subject. Your content inspires me to open the book again. It has been lying in that corner of my shelf unread for two decades now. Thanks for sharing the research.
@r.w.bottorff7735 8 ай бұрын
I fell in love with a book, and it was this book. It was my companion during many difficult episodes of my life, and would always cheer me, even at the bottom of the blackest depression. Thank you for this video. It brings back wonderful memories of my initial readings of it.
@cliffordbernard7663 Жыл бұрын
An excellent lecture, so much peripheral detail, exactly what the reader needs approaching Ulysses. I've read it, several times, the first time in my Honours year, dipped into it countless times, regaled my wife with passages, proselytized the book to friends, and I'd like to think I've become an expert, but I haven't of course. There are passages I still find difficult, bits I don't fully understand, and every time I dip in I find something new. Ulysses is the book of life, a book for life. Thanks again for the illuminating talk.
@construct3 8 ай бұрын
I read most of Ulysses over Christmas break in 9th grade, and I finished it in the next couple of weeks. I'll say I took four weeks, but most of the reading was in the first two. So, I was 14, and I knew the book from it's reputations: (1) that it was very long and very difficult; and (2) that it had been banned as obscene for its first decade. And I was 14. So I was very curious, and I was always up for a challenge. And at 14 I had little "experience of life" and a little broader experience of literature. But I loved to read, and Ulysses was by no means the first "classic" I'd read. It didn't take me long to figure out that Ulysses was much easier to understand when you read it out loud. I found parts almost unintelligible, but I kept going, knowing that the mist would lift before long. Two things stood out to me. First, the language was so elegant, so effective. Each word had been carefully selected to impress a particular combination of meanings and feeling. It was poetry masquerading as prose. Second, traveling with Stephen and Leopold let me experience some ordinary situations, and a few situations that were extraordinary for a 14-year-old boy, from someone else's point of view. I was seeing the world through their eyes, hearing the world through their ears, not mine. It was so immediate. Being with Stephen and Leopold made me feel grown up. Stephen was a role model like an older brother. Leopold showed me a way of getting along in community despite his status as "other"--a Polish Jew. I absolutely loved Unlysses, and I quickly picked up and read Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. A Portrait was very relatable. I saw myself in Stephen in every chapter. I was particularly taken with the theory of art that he explained in the last chapter. And of course, his escape at the end was very poignant since I already knew that he wouldn't be able to escape for long. Try as you might, you can't jump out of your own skin. Finnegans Wake I started when I was in 11th grade, and I went slowly, carefully, with long breaks. I guess it took me about ten years to finish it. I had to read Ulysses quickly to understand what it was doing. I had to read Finnegans Wake slowly to understand what it was doing. There are lots of very funny sections in the Wake. And I became very interested in Giambatista Vico and Bruno of Nola from reading the Wake. The time spent on Finnegans Wake was very rewarding. And I discovered Samuel Beckett along the way. While Joyce was trying to stuff as much as he could into a book, Beckett was trying to strip as much out of a book as he could. When I'm looking for a familiar voice to keep me company, I turn to Beckett.
@jenialiparra4274 Жыл бұрын
Thank you❣ I'm in my lunch time watching this.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Nice one :) Have a great lunch break!
@ScorecardCollectables Жыл бұрын
I've just discovered your channel a few days ago and thoroughly appreciate your thoughtful and accessible videos. You've inspired me to pick up Ulysses and try again! And to also read The Odyssey. Thank you so very much for your wonderful channel and have a fabulous day ☺️
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
That's so awesome! I'd love to hear what you make of Joyce and Homer :) Thank you for watching, and have a fabulous day yourself!
@lindyxyo4254 Жыл бұрын
I read Blood Meridian when I was about 15 as a young literature nerd, solely because of the subject matter and how much hype had been built around it being a 'difficult read'; almost exalting it to a legendary status. I decided to move onto Ulysses after finding Blood Meridian not only a pretty easy read all in all but still remains as my favorite novel to this day. Being reread many times over. Ulysses was not the same experience. If anything is a difficult experience, it's reading Ulysses. However, it is indeed incredible and I've read it three times to date. I'm planning on another go around since I have some years and experience on me at this point. It's absolutely worth the work, and work it can be. Still haven't cracked into Gravity's Rainbow yet though. It appears damn close in terms of being laborious to get into for the first time and I've been waiting for the mood to strike me. Wonderful video aside.
@WilliamBaranowski Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Benjamin for your masterpiece review and recommendations. As I entered college, a young lady I befriended at the time bought me a Modern Library "Ulysses" for my birthday. I decided to read it and use it as the subject of my assigned Freshman Literature paper. The paper was about the sexuality in the book and the publishing travails. (After all, I was 18 at the time.) Made it through the book and a lot of associated sources and ended up with an A+. So, I thank you, especially for the recommendation of "The Most Dangerous Book", which I began as I paused your video long enough to acquire it online. I recently finished his book on Dostoevsky and his travails in life, leading up to and including the writing of "Crime And Punishment". Fascinating, as well. So glad you are on KZfaq and I look forward to joining one of your review groups soon, Thank you for your brilliance.
@PavelisLord Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your very first point. When I first encountered Ulysses, I was filled with frustration and conceit, believing it to be pretentious (to the very definition). However, I learned over time that I was the problem and not the book. Great video! I was skeptical, at first, but you're spot on.
@jaygarrick3984 11 күн бұрын
Read this book three times and will be doing so again soon.
@terencemeikle534 Жыл бұрын
A superb video. I swear to you, this compendious discourse proved as intoxicating an experience as my brushings and bruisings with Joyce's epic-of-one-day while I was nursing my terminally ill mother. This book was my counsellor, confidant, goad and opponent of those days. It has been my lifelong habit to read each book (novels, that is) just the once. I know, I know. It's swinishly stubborn of me. 😁
@thedevil1882 26 күн бұрын
This is one of the best channels I’ve seen. Greetings from Sweden.
@BenjaminMcEvoy 26 күн бұрын
Wow, thank you so much!! I appreciate you watching over in beautiful Sweden! 🇸🇪☺️
@carolbresnahan1244 Жыл бұрын
I am loving the content of your videos that I've discovered this year and they have become my favourite. No disrespect to others but most book channels focus on the number of books read and reading has never been a race for me. They mainly critique the latest bestsellers and I revel in the opportunity to delve into a deep read at my own pace, the great works. Thank you so much for reopening a door for me 🌻
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Carol :) The means a lot to me. I got caught up in using quantity as my metric for success for so many years, but it didn't make me happy. After emphasising quality, slow reading, and rereading, I experienced the most self-growth and reading once again became the joyful experience I used to love as a child! I'm so happy you're here reading with me :)
@1siddynickhead Жыл бұрын
Hi Ben, I bought a copy this year and now you have provided more than enough inspiration and guidance! I'm truly grateful! You're doing amazing things here on booktube! 💞
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Aw, that's so amazing to hear :) And thank you for your kind words! I'd love to know how you get on with Ulysses :)
@andysoul295 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for these wonderful series. Had a few of them downloaded. Currently reading three monumental works in parallel (and the harmony is unparalleled): -Ulysses -The Magic Mountain -Remembrance of things past (just started prt 2 Within a Budding Grove)
@steveconnolly1617 10 ай бұрын
Simple. Read along with the Naxos CDs. Jim Norton's performance as several different characters is stunning.
@Jack-wu3hr Жыл бұрын
I may pick up this one at some point. I’ve been put off Joyce in the past, but I loved Dubliners, which has some of the most hauntingly beautiful stories that I’ve ever read. “The Dead” makes my heart ache.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
'Hauntingly beautiful' is the perfect description of that story!
@Jack-wu3hr Жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminMcEvoy I discovered it at a time when I was obsessed with ghost stories, and in a sense it felt like the perfect ghost story. 🙂
@willmpet Жыл бұрын
Re-reading books I have read before has been very enlightening and to listen while I read I have found useful as well!
@rachels.8051 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your passion and your knowledge! I was definitely on the verge of abandoning it, and am very grateful to have this guidance and perspective as to how I can begin. Many thanks to you.
@BenjaminMcEvoy 9 ай бұрын
You are so welcome, Rachel! Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching :) I'm thrilled that you are persevering with Ulysses! I'd love to know how you get on with it!!
@groofay Жыл бұрын
I'm aiming to start reading Joyce more this year, specifically since I've been reading through the works of Samuel Beckett lately, and I know Beckett worked closely with Joyce during the creation of Finnegans Wake. So, I know I'm coming at Joyce a bit backward, and it's good to see other works that'll make better sense of Ulysses.
@stephanievillot21 Жыл бұрын
honestly i’m so glad i found your channel.. i have no one to talk about literature and your enthusiasm is very motivating .. and i have found more authors and books to check out because of you and videos thank you :)))))
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Stephanie. I'm so happy you found my channel too. I'm so thrilled that you're enjoying these great books with me!
@reaganwiles_art Жыл бұрын
I came to Ulysses as a young man just graduated from high school in a rural part of North Carolina, working-class, uneducated for the most part, unconcerned with art because for the most part totally unaware of its being, in love with the painting of Francis Bacon and for that matter of Lucian Freud, Giacometti, others especially modernist British and French artists. Their monographs were littered with allusions to Joyce's Ulysses and Eliot's The Waste Land. The first time I read Ulysses, I only made it three hundred pages in; likewise the second attempt. It was twenty years later, in my late thirties, that I finally read it through.
@richardfairley9882 Жыл бұрын
I enthusiastically concur with your recommendation of Jim Nolan's narration ( and the music! ) on the audiobook rendition - and just as much with regard to 'The Most Dangerous Book'! Both are truly excellent! Indeed, it was deep-reading the text along with Nolan's narration that 'broke open' Ulysses for me. This video has so rekindled my ardour to get back into that world that I've just splashed out on the Cambridge University Press's Centenary Edition of Ulysses. It's a massive tome so I'll be keeping my trusty Penguin edition close at hand! Great video again - many thanks!
@mariawagner6739 Жыл бұрын
I just finished Ulysses yesterday, (after many runs). I read it in Hungarian, we have a new translation from 2012, as I know, it's the third H. translation. The last three chapters are for me phenomenal - and I have the whole book to read again. Dubliners and The Portrait of the Artist...are my favourits for years, so I'm glad to know Ulysses too. Your video is SUPERB for me, THANK YOU!!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Köszönöm a kedves szavakat, Mária! I completely agree with you on those last few chapters. Exhilarating stuff :) Congratulations on finishing Ulysses! And happy reading :)
@guilhermeferreirasilva7297 Жыл бұрын
i’m reading ulysses now and this video just appeared to me so i wanted to say this is such a good work you’ve been doing. i just loved your video, loved your commentaries about the book, and i was thinking of giving up the reading (in this exact moment i’m in the aeolus chapter), but i won’t because of you! since you’re such a lover of great literature, i’d like to thank your work by recommending you a brazilian writer (i’m from Brazil😁): Clarice Lispector. Pleeeease, read any of her books! She’s one of the greatest intellectuals of our country, and is influenced by james joyce (one of her novels is called near to the wild heart. However, i’d say you should start with the passion according G.H.). I’m sure that you’ll love it. :)
@rennanpoeta Жыл бұрын
Este é um dos livros mais desafiadores do planeta e você faz a leitura parecer muito fácil. Não canso de dizer: você é uma grande inspiração para mim. Obrigado pelo vídeo!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Obrigado, Rennan! Eu realmente aprecio seu comentário gentil. Espero que gostem Ulysses :)
@johnnamurraycamp5100 Жыл бұрын
Ulysses IS fun to read! And funny!! I quite regret that I didn't read it decades sooner!!! Joyce's own chart was a welcome boon, but, honestly, most of the references (maybe aside from the streets of Dublin for some among us who haven't been there) are quite familiar, aren't they: Shakespeare, Greeks, Dante ... What a pleasure. Thanks for encouraging folks to turn those pages. And Hamlet, et al ;^)
@alaska8957 Жыл бұрын
To be honest, as a student majoring in English, your videos really help me a lot with literature stuff.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to hear I can help :) Good luck with your studies!!
@mysticthreed2957 Жыл бұрын
I love this Thank You! I'm making a note to myself for reminders at 12 and at 46 mins. Recently dove into War and Peace (again) upon your recommendation. Next up Joyce. 👍👌😃💝
@LoveDylan99 Жыл бұрын
So enjoy listening to your wandering poetry of thought and language.
@Luis.Barrueta Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Benjamin. As a non-native English speaker, Ulysses is even a bit more of a challenge for me, but there's no way I'd go for a translation. Your suggestions are invaluable to me.
@pablodavidflores Жыл бұрын
I read Ulysses in 2019, in a group reading, with the help of couple of online guides. We started on January 1st, very slowly, and we timed it so that we would reach the end by Bloomsday. :) English is my second language, but I had an old English language copy at home and I took my chances with it. I was just telling my wife about this video and reminiscing (she read it too, but in Spanish translation). Now I think I need to re-read it, but my to-read pile is huge and I've just added Dubliners and Portrait... to it.
@wetawatcher Жыл бұрын
I think your attitude to this is fantastic Pablo! Best wishes from New Zealand.
@captain_cloudd Жыл бұрын
Genius idea, i'm here just in time to do the same, i just have to read the entire portrait of the artist in the next 6 days
@JulianNietobermudez Жыл бұрын
Hello! I'm from Colombia and even though my english is quite decent, I don't think I could go through this book in english, so I will go ahead and find the best translation I can find, which I believe was done by an argentinian translator, and jump on it. Wish me luck!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Good luck, Julián! I would love to know what you think of it :) Happy reading over in beautiful Colombia, my friend 🇨🇴
@abhishekthakur-xp4eg Жыл бұрын
Finally. I was waiting for your "How to" on Ulysses since a long time.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you :) I've been personally looking forward to this one myself for a long time!
@hermesfang9843 Жыл бұрын
I got the Alma edition recently and plan to start my journey through the Ulysses. Thanks for the detailed info! ❤❤❤
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to hear that, Hermes :) I'd love to know what you make of Ulysses! Happy reading, my friend :)
@sonitagovan Жыл бұрын
I read a portrait of the artist as a young man for A levels and I found it a really challenging but rewarding read... I had a really great teacher for Literature at the time and she really did a fantastic job with Joyce. I am intimidated by Joyce and so quite reluctant to read Ullyses on my own without the assistance of other readers and perhaps a lecturer to guide me through it. Perhaps I will give it a go some day. Thank you for this wonderful video.
@HkFinn83 24 күн бұрын
Portrait of the artist is like reading a comic book compared to Ulysses
@bunyaminkasap Жыл бұрын
thanks so much for this video Ben, it's lovely and it's very helpful. I had to read Ulysses at college and then I read Ulysses a few times without any pressure, which was of course more fun. I totally agree with your point "listening and reading aloud". I'm now translating a book about Joyce and re-reading (actually listening to) Ulysses one more time. There is a podcast produced by RTE Radio 1 in 1982 and it's available online. Please check it out if you haven't already. I think it's a superb adaptation of the book and it helps readers (also listeners) to understand the book much easier than reading it quietly in a room by yourself surrounded by pile of dictionaries and guide books. all the best!
@dasaporta 7 ай бұрын
As a 50-something forced to retire earlier than planned for health reasons, I decided to audit a class at the local university called "Modern Fiction." I thought the course would explore contemporary novels, but this was a class on Modernism. The syllabus includes works by such writers as Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf and, of course, James Joyce. We were assigned "Ulysses" last week. I must thank both my instructor and you for helping me approach this book with a positive spirit of adventure and curiosity, as opposed to one of dread. We are using the Gabler Edition in class. I have emerged from Hades and am now in Aeolus. I wouldn't say it's a breeze, but reading this book certainly is not the chore I expected!
@sachapecaric5686 Жыл бұрын
Excellent. I have studied joyce and you said it all, congrat!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you :) I really appreciate that!
@ssartre5240 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations, It is very gratifying to see a young man who loves good literature. I wish many more people, politicians, businessmen, etc. could follow in your footsteps. The world would be a better place to live, without a doubt.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. That's truly so kind of you - I really appreciate that :)
@d-5037 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! I read Ulysses earlier this year. Most of the time I didn't really enjoy it, in fact I skimmed it here and there. But when I eventually finished it I felt like I wanted to start it all over again. I know I will read it again in the future.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a tremendously successful reading to me! Your lingering sense of wanting to start it all over again is very exciting. You'll absolutely get more and more out of it with every read. Joyce took me quite a few years to learn to love, and my first readings looked very similar to yours. I have a feeling this will become a special book to you in the future!
@d-5037 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminMcEvoy Thank you for the encouraging words!
@ianp9086 Жыл бұрын
Your tip about reading with the Jim Norton audiobook is spot on - after two fails I got hold of the 23 CDs and everything became clear!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Nice one, Ian! Definitely a magical audiobook :)
@keithlongley362 7 ай бұрын
Stumbled at first; now enjoying the sing-song narrative, interspersed with tangential thoughts, a hicklety picklety language I'm beginning to love. Early days. Page ninety.
@nuabruno Жыл бұрын
Just wonderful. Thank you so much for your energy and scope. Will search around your output but I am hoping you have something on Finnegans Wake too?
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you :) I'm so happy you enjoyed it! I've been keeping it a bit of a secret, but I am actually working on some content for Finnegans Wake at the moment. So we should have something out in the not-too-distant future!
@nuabruno Жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminMcEvoy Oh, that would be really really great. I like your approach to all of this so much. Thank you. Greetings from a Romani Irish philosopher in Spain.
@buddharuci2701 Жыл бұрын
I’m three or so minutes in, and already I’m chuck full of thoughts: if possible, read it together with others whose backgrounds are vastly varied. Allow yourself to befriend Poldy, Molly, Stephen, et al. as you slowly get to know them. Do not berate yourself for not understanding this and that. Enjoy the shifting sands of style you meet as you go along. Finally, to get into the style of Joycean prose - there’s really no such thing, but what the hey! - consider reading Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. And follow all Benjamin’s suggestions, but again, you can approach this book from any one of a thousand perspectives, psychology being a particularly popular one. You read all this? My apologies. Cheers. Michael
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
These are incredible tips. Insightful and really beautifully written! Thank you so much for sharing, Michael :)
@mohamedmohamef575 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your recommendation and your advices.
@donaldkelly3983 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this presentation! I plan on returning to Ulysses at the end of next month. I have already reread The Odyssey and will revisit Hamlet and Ibsen, who I've been told Joyce loved. Reading Ulysses because we can is an interesting notion. America is going through a particularly bad patch right now, maybe literature might become a target. Of course that's giving some people more credit than they deserve.
@construct3 8 ай бұрын
Maybe literature might become a target. May be. Prescient I'd say.
@jimi99colorado Жыл бұрын
As an aspiring intellectual at 16, I got about 10 pages in before giving up and going back to Ray Bradbury. Now, at age 75, with the invaluable assistance of Don Gifford's Annotated Ulysses, I am not plodding but wandering my way through it and enjoying it immensely. I appreciate the flow of the language but I really want to understand every reference and allusion and Gifford's book provides most. I especially like, in Joyce's many references to poems, that Gifford both identifies and then quotes the poems, which are so lyrical as the Irish bards historically are.
@lyndarosborough869 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great reading guide … wonderful!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Lynda :) I hope you enjoy your reading of Ulysses!
@billenglish6352 9 ай бұрын
You are a brilliant wordsmith, actor and teacher.
@marcusaurelius1477 Жыл бұрын
Excellent tips ! I'm up to Chapter 17 🤯 , survived this far with many resources. I would recommend Giffords Ulysses Annotated , Blamires New Bloomsday book and the Shmoop literature guide to beginners like me ;))
@fringelilyfringelily391 Жыл бұрын
I have read it several times now and go back to favourite episodes every few years ... the episode I found most difficult was The Sirens, in which every little sound has an equal emphasis. One of the most unpopular sections,, the penultimate one with its question and answer format is the one I love most, though the dramatic interlude with Stephen, Bloom and Bella is the funniest. The Molly monologue is, of course the most justly famous. I first read it at twenty one, as an adventure, and an adventure it certainly was.
@peterock4210 Жыл бұрын
Ready to give this another attempt. Just finishing the much more accessible Dubliners today. That is my prep. I also bought a guide book.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
That's awesome :) Sounds like you're set up perfectly!
@user-uz1ld6dx1u 9 ай бұрын
wonderful Ben !..... would love to see you tackle Fernando Pessoa's "The Book of Disquiet" in the series, best always.
@alicedeligny9240 Жыл бұрын
Honestly even when I don't understand I find the language beautiful and more than sufficient to keep me reading this book. The understanding, I guess, will come with time and experience, and many re-reads. I like to read it aloud to myself.
@Sr19769p Жыл бұрын
Hi, Alice Deligny. Glad to know it's not just me! I don't think you have to plough through a lot of classics to have fun reading Ulysses although I'm guessing you'd appeciate its rich tapestry more if you did (I didn't and still loved it!).
@mistraldespair Жыл бұрын
My suggestion to other readers who want to experience Ulysses but possess a pea brain like i do -- just do the following: 1. Read The Odyssey and Hamlet, and the other two books Joyce wrote before Ulysses. 2. Keep this site called The Joyce Project open on the side as you start reading the book. They have brief explanations for all the obscure allusions that may confuse you. 3. This one may look like cheating but actually helps: READ A CHAPTER SUMMARY BEFORE READING THE ACTUAL CHAPTER IN THE NOVEL. I know this sounds lame, but sometimes I had no idea what the heck was going on in the book and had to read chapter summaries to figure it out. So I decided to reverse that and went into each chapter with a basic idea of what's about to happen so I could actually appreciate what Joyce was doing. Helped me actually enjoy the book. 4. This one's important: listen to an audiobook in some capacity. It's a book that's meant to be read aloud, and there is an awesome dramatic reading of the book available here on KZfaq for free. I finished the book by accompanying my reading of the last few chapters with the audiobook playing and it was very engaging. 5. Listen to Kate Bush's "The Sensual World" to motivate yourself to reach the end. It's a great song! You're welcome.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
These are amazing tips! Thank you so much for sharing them :) What you've written about reading chapter summaries before the actual chapter is so important. Many readers will get heaps more enjoyment out of the book by doing this. And nice to have a fellow Kate Bush fan here :) Around the time I was putting together the Wuthering Heights lectures, I listened to Kate Bush on repeat.. Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home.." 🎶
@adrija9340 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! I've been planning to read it after my exams.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
That's awesome :) Good luck with your exams, and happy reading!
@Anthony-gq7dk 8 ай бұрын
Superb video and so necessary to anyone venturing out on this path to the greatest novel
@JB-qh3dn Жыл бұрын
Very inspirational 👏 )) thank you for your analytical commentary
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! :)
@Tiger89Lilly Жыл бұрын
I've always loved books but found even Harry Potter difficult however I got diagoised as dyslexic at 32 which now makes my life so much easier. This has been so helpful for an author that has terrified me. Also such great tips in the comments. I read Dante's inferno a few times in the last 7 years but never really understood it but I still enjoyed it. I'm hoping now I've found this fantastic channel I can broaden my literacy horizons so if anyone has any book recommendations or tips on how to read Shakespeare and other classic books it would be most appreciated.
@kathleenkwallek6179 Жыл бұрын
If you can read a synopsis and/or go to a performance of the play it does help. Reading it out loud can be helpful too.
@bobthompson3739 Жыл бұрын
For reading Shakespeare, try The Arden Shakespeare, very informative with regards his plots and explanations of the script in full,even to the point where every line is examined. There is a book for every play.
@Azolan69 Жыл бұрын
This is bloomin’ brilliant!
@apostatepaul 5 ай бұрын
Utterly inspiring! Superb. I love Ulysses and on the fourth reading of it and finding new depths. I’m laughing my head off on The Cyclops chapter with the ridiculous juxtaposition of the mythical and the banality of the real. Loved your video! 👌👌👌👌👌
@jankoszuta9835 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks, inspired to try again
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
I'm thrilled to hear that, Jan! Good luck, and let me know how your experience goes :)
@jeremybreneman4508 Жыл бұрын
Decades ago a professor of mine warned us of Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake. He referred to both as “impossible novels”, which has always piqued my interest. I had a copy of Finnegan’s Wake for many years after college and never broke the spine. This video helps demystify Joyce for me, an author who’s always seemed foreboding. On to Book Depository to order Ulysses!
@ronh3935 Жыл бұрын
That professor should have been fired right away. Ulysses is absolutely wonderful - just keep reading and do not insist on 'understanding' all of it at the first go. Lots of wonderful stuff in the Wake too (and by the way, it really is Finnegans Wake, no apostrophe).
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
I'm like you, Jeremy! The surest way to get me to read something is to call it impossible or unreadable. Even better if the book has been censored and banned :) So Ulysses ticks quite a few boxes there! With these seemingly impenetrable works, I've always taken it as a personal challenge to break into them and love them. As for Finnegans Wake, without giving too much away, we may very well have some content on this one in the future! Happy reading, and let me know what you make of Ulysses!
@afancycookie7314 Жыл бұрын
I have been expecting this once since I subscribed, thanks！
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Nice one! I’ve been excited about this one for a long time :)
@MisterWondrous Жыл бұрын
Fairly new to your work but find it both delightful and instructive. I read half of it in the '70s, then finished it, and Finnegans Wake, over COVID, with the help of Audible, Gilbert Stuart's Ulysses Chart, an online summation of the Wake's chapters, online text, and Campbell's Skeleton Key and one other very excellent book of the Wake by Tindall, or something like that. The pages all came unglued and fell out. After finishing Ulysses, I found an online version of the Wake, and had my browser read it to me as I followed along, so it was rather robotic, although Robot was pretty damn good with the sesquipedalia. But as soon as I was done with that way of doing it, Audible came out with a brand-new full Wake, which I immediately bought and listened to. I have been chipping away since the '70s and so it was wondrous and a relief of sorts to finally git 'er done, so to speak. Recently I discovered a direct family connection to Sir Tristram from North Armorica who apparently came to Howth, changed named to St Lawrence, who is also related, being the same dude. Some of the ancestors are so connected to so many people of note, I can understand the notion of HCE, because here comes everybody, once you dig a little. Thanks again. Reading for the sentiment.
@heathersletters6491 Жыл бұрын
This is wonderful. I've owned a copy of Ulysses for 30 years but it has intimidated me too much to even start. Lately, though, I've dipped into a few chapters and have been surprised at how much I have enjoyed it so far. This is a superb introduction. Now, if only I can find a proper group to enjoy it with.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
That's so amazing to hear :) Thank you for your kind words, and I hope you keep enjoying Ulysses! I'd love to know what you make of it once you get through it :)
@Folkintherye Жыл бұрын
Not sure why ive been reading more like audiobooking this year. At 39 i started reading again.. i dont want to miss good books those that stimulates your mind. So far finished Catcher in the Rye and Catch-22 .. gonna give this one a try this year.
@violatrujillo Жыл бұрын
Which edition/publisher of Ulysses should I buy? If I want to coordinate the reading with audio reading on Audible which reading is best? I went to buy it and grew confused. Also which translation of Don Quixote is best? Thank you so much for your eloquent inspiring videos. Just found you a month ago and you've taught me so much. I'm very grateful for your dedication to helping ppl enjoy reading. Books have always been my best friends.
@jacklawrence2212 Жыл бұрын
Great video and fantastic insights. Excellent stuff.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jack :)
@violatrujillo Жыл бұрын
Please forget my previous question re audible choice. I've listened more carefully and you've answered my question...thank you.
@user-lv1il4wl9k Жыл бұрын
Loved this video, i have the Gabler edition (which i heard is controversial for some reason) and might reread soon. Would love to see a video on Finnigan's Wake
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you! The Gabler is well respected, but, as you say, also can be controversial among scholars (to be honest, one could say that for a few editions). I'm actually preparing something for Finnegans Wake at the moment. It's the work I'm personally most excited to discuss :)
@Bgf777 Жыл бұрын
Great review! Every word spot on!
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Bill :)
@spiritualanarchist8162 Жыл бұрын
I have been reading from a young age. Overtime i read some 'difficult 'books . I even read Dante in Italian (I'm rather proud of that one ..ahumm ;) But i never managed to finish Ulysses for some reason or another. Not for a lack of trying 😅You convinced me, so I'm going to give it another try.
@BenjaminMcEvoy Жыл бұрын
Dante in Italian! That's one of my personal reading goals right there :) I've gone through a few different translations into English, but they always leave me wanting the original. And nice one on deciding to dive into Ulysses. I'd love to hear what you make of it!
@spiritualanarchist8162 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminMcEvoy Thank you .
@shuttergirlUK Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for doing this. It inspired me to get a copy of Ulysses, and so far - I'm loving it! It's so beautifully written and poetic. Which is how I'm reading it - slowly, like a prose poem. And that's a genuine tribute, from someone who vowed she would never read any more Joyce at the age of 18, having done Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist...' for English A' level. ..and hated it. I'm probably a good example of how often times, some books need to be read at certain times in your life. I was clearly too young and 'unread' then for Joyce. Many thanks!
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