Ulysses

by James Joyce

Published 2 February 1922
"[...] -Of the offence to me, Stephen answered. Buck Mulligan swung round on his heel. -O, an impossible person! he exclaimed. He walked off quickly round the parapet. Stephen stood at his post, gazing over the calm sea towards the headland. Sea and headland now grew dim. Pulses were beating in his eyes, veiling their sight, and he felt the fever of his cheeks. A voice within the tower called loudly: -Are you up there, Mulligan? -I'm coming, Buck Mulligan answered. He turned towards Stephen and said: -Look at the sea. What does it care about offences? Chuck Loyola, Kinch, and come on down. The Sassenach wants his morning rashers. His head halted again for a moment at the top of the staircase, level with the roof: -Don't mope over it all day, he said. I'm inconsequent. Give up the moody brooding. His head vanished but the drone of his descending voice boomed out of the[...]."

Finnegans Wake

by James Joyce

Published 4 May 1939
First published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A Essential James Joyce

by James Joyce

Published December 1948
Here, in one volume, is a selection of Joyce's work which covers his entire writing life. Four books – Chamber Music, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Exiles – are published in full, together with generous representative extracts from Pomes Penyeach, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.

The texts are supplemented by an introduction and critical and explanatory notes by Harry Levin, a leading authority on Joyce.
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