Ulysses (Wordsworth Classics)
Ulysses chronicles the appointments and encounters of the itinerant Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between the poem and the novel, with structural correspondences between the characters and experiences of Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus, in addition to events and themes of the early 20th-century context of modernism, Dublin, and Ireland's relationship to Britain. The novel is highly allusive and also imitates the styles of different periods of English literature.
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I'm finished!!!! Oh happy day!!! Done! Done!
Can't say I enjoyed this work of genius, though the ending was lovely, exhilarating, and terribly sad all at the same time.
Can't say I enjoyed this work of genius, though the ending was lovely, exhilarating, and terribly sad all at the same time.
This was really hard work. I felt like I needed to read Ulysses at some point in my life, so the audiobook seemed like an easier way to accomplish this. At thirty hours of listening, however, it still required a good amount of effort. Fortunately, John Lee narrates the book excellently, switching accents and languages seamlessly and this certainly makes consumption easier for the listener.
The fact that there is very little plot makes it difficul...read more
The fact that there is very little plot makes it difficul...read more
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