Ulysses takes place in a single day, 16 June 1904, also known as Bloomsday, it sets the characters and incidents of The Odyssey of Homer in modern Dublin and represents Odysseus (Ulysses), Penelope and Telemachus in the characters of Leopold Bloom, his wife Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, and contrasts them with their lofty models. The book explores various areas of Dublin life, dwelling on its squalor and monotony. Nevertheless, the book is also an affectionately detailed study of the city. In Ulysses, Joyce employs stream of consciousness, parody, jokes, and virtually every other literary technique to present his characters. Many consider it the best novel of the twentieth century. It is powerfully written, a book for the ages. Read Ulysses online for free at Read Print.
It's a monster of a book (some editions have up to 1000 pages) written in 18 episodes. Daily Lit provides it in 332 email installments...that would take almost a year to read (but that may be the only way to get through it)! Daily Lit calls it a "black belt" for any reader.
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