Thursday, June 18, 2026

003 Ulysses by James Joyce 1922

 



003
Ulysses
by James Joyce
1922


The modernist behemoth that mapped one day in Dublin – 16 June 1904 – and changed literature for ever. Originally conceived as a short story for his collection Dubliners, written over a seven-year period and banned in the US and the UK for obscenity before it was even published as a complete book, Joyce’s sprawling, stream-of-consciousness take on Homer’s Odyssey is one of the most challenging and rewarding novels written in English.


First sentence

“Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.”


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