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Ulysses

James Joyce

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Jan 17, 2010 Petra rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, effort-required-but-so-worth-it

2017; Audio Listen; this edition: Ulysses; (40CD; narrated by Donal Donelly and Miriam Healy-Louie); 5-star rating
Lovely! Listening to Ulysses is lyrical and melodic. Many details that aren't easily apparent in reading the book are picked up by the ear.
This narration is well paced and read. I enjoyed every disc....yes, all 40!!
A wonderful listening experience.

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2016; Third reading; 5-star rating.....always a 5-star rating
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Apr 02, 2009 Cait rated it it was ok

Shelves: 1001, classics, lost-lit, owned, read-in-2010, bloom-canon

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I am free at last!

This review will be all over the place, as I have so many conflicting thoughts regarding this book. While I did love certain sections, they just could not make up for the fact that the rest of the book was simply a form of literary torture. I don't think I've ever had such a roller coaster ride of a reading experience before. Joyce managed to make me laugh out loud one second, and the next I was sitting on my hands so as not to go ...more

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Aug 07, 2014 Gill rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Third reading - well listening in fact - February to April 2017, with a small group as a listenalong in All About Books. The audio version I listened to was narrated by John Lee. I thought the narration was excellent. I loved how it brought out so many things that I hadn't noticed the times I've read the book. Some sections became much easier to follow e.g. When there was stream of consciousness, when there were the long lists/inventories that Joyce excels at.

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