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Ulysses

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James Joyce's modernist landmark following one day in Dublin through memory, language, and consciousness.

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Ulysses

Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and Molly Bloom through Dublin on 16 June 1904. James Joyce reshapes epic, comedy, inner life, and ordinary detail into one of modern literature's central achievements.

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James Joyce died in 1941, and Ulysses was first published in 1922. These dates support the public-domain basis for the English source text used in this edition.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02— I —
  3. 03— II —
  4. 04— III —
  5. 05— I —
  6. 06— II —
  7. 07IN THE HEART OF THE HIBERNIAN METROPOLIS
  8. 08THE WEARER OF THE CROWN
  9. 09GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS
  10. 10WILLIAM BRAYDEN, ESQUIRE, OF OAKLANDS, SANDYMOUNT
  11. 11THE CROZIER AND THE PEN
  12. 12WITH UNFEIGNED REGRET IT IS WE ANNOUNCE THE DISSOLUTION OF A MOST
  13. 13RESPECTED DUBLIN BURGESS
  14. 14HOW A GREAT DAILY ORGAN IS TURNED OUT
  15. 15WE SEE THE CANVASSER AT WORK
  16. 16HOUSE OF KEY(E)S
  17. 17ORTHOGRAPHICAL
  18. 18NOTED CHURCHMAN AN OCCASIONAL CONTRIBUTOR
  19. 19A DAYFATHER
  20. 20AND IT WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER
  21. 21ONLY ONCE MORE THAT SOAP
  22. 22ERIN, GREEN GEM OF THE SILVER SEA
  23. 23SHORT BUT TO THE POINT
  24. 24HIS NATIVE DORIC
  25. 25WHAT WETHERUP SAID
  26. 26MEMORABLE BATTLES RECALLED
  27. 27O, HARP EOLIAN!
  28. 28SPOT THE WINNER
  29. 29A COLLISION ENSUES
  30. 30EXIT BLOOM
  31. 31A STREET CORTÈGE
  32. 32THE CALUMET OF PEACE
  33. 33THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME
  34. 34SHINDY IN WELLKNOWN RESTAURANT
  35. 35LOST CAUSES NOBLE MARQUESS MENTIONED
  36. 36KYRIE ELEISON!
  37. 37LENEHAN’S LIMERICK
  38. 38OMNIUM GATHERUM
  39. 39“YOU CAN DO IT!”
  40. 40THE GREAT GALLAHER
  41. 41A DISTANT VOICE
  42. 42CLEVER, VERY
  43. 43RHYMES AND REASONS
  44. 44SUFFICIENT FOR THE DAY...
  45. 45LINKS WITH BYGONE DAYS OF YORE
  46. 46ITALIA, MAGISTRA ARTIUM
  47. 47A POLISHED PERIOD
  48. 48A MAN OF HIGH MORALE
  49. 49IMPROMPTU
  50. 50FROM THE FATHERS
  51. 51OMINOUS—FOR HIM!
  52. 52LET US HOPE
  53. 53DEAR DIRTY DUBLIN
  54. 54LIFE ON THE RAW
  55. 55RETURN OF BLOOM
  56. 56INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITOR
  57. 57K.M.A.
  58. 58K.M.R.I.A.
  59. 59RAISING THE WIND
  60. 60SOME COLUMN!—THAT’S WHAT WADDLER ONE SAID
  61. 61THOSE SLIGHTLY RAMBUNCTIOUS FEMALES
  62. 62DAMES DONATE DUBLIN’S CITS SPEEDPILLS VELOCITOUS AEROLITHS, BELIEF
  63. 63SOPHIST WALLOPS HAUGHTY HELEN SQUARE ON PROBOSCIS. SPARTANS GNASH
  64. 64MOLARS. ITHACANS VOW PEN IS CHAMP.
  65. 65HELLO THERE, CENTRAL!
  66. 66WHAT?—AND LIKEWISE—WHERE?
  67. 67VIRGILIAN, SAYS PEDAGOGUE. SOPHOMORE PLUMPS FOR OLD MAN MOSES.
  68. 68HORATIO IS CYNOSURE THIS FAIR JUNE DAY
  69. 69DIMINISHED DIGITS PROVE TOO TITILLATING FOR FRISKY FRUMPS. ANNE
  70. 70WIMBLES, FLO WANGLES—YET CAN YOU BLAME THEM?
  71. 71A.E.I.O.U.
  72. 72MEDICAL DICK )
  73. 73MEDICAL DAVY )
  74. 74FRESH NELLY
  75. 75M.P.
  76. 76K. C. B., M. P., J. P., M. B., D. S. O., S. O. D., M. F. H., M. R. I.
  77. 77AM. A.
  78. 78CISSY CAFFREY:
  79. 79BLOOM: O.
  80. 80THE SOAP:
  81. 81TOM AND SAM:
  82. 82THE WHORES:
  83. 83A VOICE FROM THE GALLERY:
  84. 84BLOOM’S BOYS:
  85. 85THE BABES AND SUCKLINGS:
  86. 86BLOOM:
  87. 87THE ARTANE ORPHANS:
  88. 88THE PRISON GATE GIRLS:
  89. 89THE DAUGHTERS OF ERIN:
  90. 90THE GRAMOPHONE:
  91. 91THE MOTH:
  92. 92THE CARDINAL:
  93. 93THE WATERFALL:
  94. 94THE WATERFALL:
  95. 95THE WATERFALL:
  96. 96THE SLUTS:
  97. 97ZOE:
  98. 98STEPHEN:
  99. 99THE CROWD:
  100. 100PRIVATE CARR, PRIVATE COMPTON AND CISSY CAFFREY:
  101. 101THE PIANOLA:
  102. 102THE PIANOLA:
  103. 103THE PIANOLA:
  104. 104THE PIANOLA:
  105. 105ZOE:
  106. 106THE PIANOLA:
  107. 107THE CHOIR:
  108. 108THE CROPPY BOY:
  109. 109STEPHEN:
  110. 110— III —
  111. 111BLOOM
  112. 112STEPHEN
  113. 113BALANCE 0—16—6

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