x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
Arguing that "the appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce's big joke," Burgess provides a readable, accessible guide. "Burgess has written a study of the most brilliant and humane of twentieth-century humanists"--Philip Toynbee, The Observer .
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Stephen Dedalus: Add a description of this character.
- James Joyce
- Bloom
- Shaun
- Buck Mulligan
- Blazes Boylan
- Finnegan
- Molly
- Parnell
- Telemachus
- Mr Deasy
- Anna Livia
- Penelope
- Adam
- Blake
- Earwicker
- Richard
- Ulysses
- Shem
- John Joyce
- Russell
- Eliot
- Aquinas
- Shakespeare
- Tristram
- Haines
- Stephen Hero
- Buckley
- Gabriel
- Lenehan
- Nestor
- Martin Cunningham
- Bruno
- Swift
- Rudy
- Dignam
- Tim
- Antinous
- Cranly
- Alice
- Michael
Setting & Locations edit
- Dublin
- Ireland
- Ithaca
- Hades
- Telemachia
- England
- Paris
- America
- Europe
- Polyphemus
- Eglinton
- London
- Phoenix Park
- Honuphrius
- Sandymount
First Sentence edit
I START THIS BOOK ON JANUARY 13TH, 1964—THE TWENTY-THIRD anniversary of the death of James Joyce.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
Popular Tags
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
