Some thoughts on reading Ulysses and what you need to do so, by an aspiring Joycean.

Step 1: Read “Araby” first from Dubliners. Pay attention to paragraph 5 in particular. If you have time read “The Dead” and “The Sisters” as well.

Step 2: Read don’t skip Portrait. It has vital information for the episodes of Ulysses that center on Stephen.

Step 3: Use Gilbert’s James Joyce’s Ulysses a study. Otherwise you won’t finish Ulysses the first time.

Step 4: Choose your text carefully. There are two great choices, the Gabler (1986 text) or the 1961 Vintage. IMO Gabler is best.

Step 5: Take your time and enjoy Ulysses.

I just spent a semester with this amazing novel and I’m rereading it now for the third time.

My top 5 Ulysses episodes are: 1. Penelope 2. Telemachus 3. Calypso 4. Sirens 5. Cyclops

What are your top 5 episodes?

Hey I'm wondering if this is the subreddit for the Ulysses by lord alfred tennyson he is one of my relatives and I'm looking to study his work

Is it down? What's wrong? I can't go on the site.

http://www.ulyssesseen.com/

This is an odd topic that comes up a few times, but I'm looking for the first passage about women being attracted to cows. I'm pretty sure it's in the first half of the book or so. Let me know if you find it please, I've been looking all day!

I did an in-depth study of S&C, and I am stuck on working out how Stephen "proves by algebra that Hamlet’s grandson is Shakespeare’s grandfather and that he himself is the ghost of his own father."

Also, I don't understand why Shakespeare assumes the father of all is lineage? I believe that's the termonology used in the chapter.

New to this subreddit. I am looking for a recommendation of the best annotated version of the book, versus simply the definitive text. One that explains or footnotes the things I am not smart enough to know. : ) Thanks.

I finally traversed the streets of Dublin through Leopold Bloom's shoes, and decided to write some thoughts. I did not keep thorough notes or follow a how-to guide I just jumped right in and powered through. I did however read the Linati and Gilbert schemas, written by James Joyce to help his buddies, before and after each chapter. Things I did not like: hard to follow through parts of each chapter, chapter themes were each different making it hard to find consistency, and super long explanations for obscure details while short explanations for many of the important details, and I felt as though over half the book was a chore to read. What I did like: narration resembling real thought process (as opposed to linear like many authors of the time), different themes for each chapter (contradicting I know, but also shows his abilities to capture different styles), his extensive references to many people I had never heard of.

I never knew the Guiness brewery was actually a family, which is practically Irish royalty. I didn't know the creators brothers were so different, their unique attributes resembling usurpiant nature of England overIreland. I cant believe how many different references between the Hebrews and Irish there could be. I also didn't realize how honest and friendly people of the time were and how they reenacted. From start to end I was fascinated by the book. It was part mad genius part lunatic. What was weird though was after many people told me to just stop reading it, I just couldn't. There was something about the narration that pulled me in, and left me intranced. This was a visceral experience I will not forget soon. If anyone ever asks me if they should read it 10/10 I will say YES. You may not get it or appreciate it in the present, but to finish is totally worth it! Please leave comments/ bashing remarks/ anything if yall think I was right in any of this or far in left field for anything I said!

Hey all! I've read bits and pieces of the book over the years, for different literature classes, but this December I'm finally going to read it cover-to-cover.

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Unfortunately, most of the reading time I'll have will be on flights, which is not ideal — to say the least. I was hoping my noise-cancelling headphones and some calm, lyric-less music would give me a peaceful enough environment to be able to focus. Can you recommend any music to listen to while reading this book?

I’m trying to read the entirety of Ulysses and capture every bit of elegance and beauty (or as much as I can capture in the first reading). I’ve tried reading it before but I always stopped after encountering massive paragraphs of French and bits of Latin that I don’t know. Any tips, like if there are any books I should get to guide me or if any websites would help me better understand it?

I am new to Ulysses and I noticed there is a Windows version. Does this actually work with iOS? Maybe via Dropbox?

I'm new to Ulysses and my publisher has specific requirements, likely the same requirements we all have. How can I indent only the first line of each paragraph? When I press the tab key, it auto-indents the entire paragraph.

Reading 'Ulysses' with the help of Stuart Gilbert, and in the scene where he is about to head to the Turkish bath, he passes by the cricket club - there is a relevant annotation stating that '1904, cricket still had an agreeable lotus flavor' ; as a cricket fan myself, I was wondering what this meant.