…
continue reading
ReJOYCE! To commemorate James Joyce's mighty novel, Ulysses, we're launching a podcast. Every week you'll find a five-minute mini-essay from me designed to take you through the novel that's on every list of the greatest books ever written. And as Ulysses runs to some 375,000 words, and I mean to go through it sentence by sentence if I have to, in order to convey the full brilliance of this novel - and the enjoyment to be had from it - I'll be podcasting for some time to come! It's such an ab ...
…
continue reading
Some men about town...
…
continue reading
We meet an inventive Dublin hero.
…
continue reading
Meet a controlling sneezer.
…
continue reading
From a secretary to a clergyman.
…
continue reading
Romance language - and “literature”...
…
continue reading
We meet the dashing seducer!
…
continue reading
The brooding Dedalus brood shifts in time.
…
continue reading
The Story So Far - So Far.
…
continue reading
Dublin city is on the move.
…
continue reading
A little Latin loving, perhaps?
…
continue reading
Father Conmee is such a thoughtful man.
…
continue reading
Dublin opens up to Father Conmee.
…
continue reading
A wonderful moment of characterization.
…
continue reading
In a new chapter, Dublin city is a character.
…
continue reading
The final moments of Scylla and Charybdis.
…
continue reading
Amid Mulligan's bawdry - a profound moment.
…
continue reading
Is the book taking over the narration?
…
continue reading