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  • Paperback: 752 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (November 18, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486474704
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486474700
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsOkay. Is it really worth it?
By A Customer on April 26, 2000
Format: Paperback
Ulysses is one of those big, mad bellwethers of a book that X will tell you is the biggest, best, most important blah blah blah and Y will tell you is a load of badly written tripe. Neither X nor Y tend to notice that the book consciously encourages both responses...but, well, I'll get back to the academic riffing in a minute.
I first tried to read Ulysses aged about 14 (I was an annoying little boy that way) and didn't get very far. The first three chapters are set in and around the mind of Stephen Dedalus, one of the most ridiculously clever and over-educated characters ever conceived, as he takes breakfast with some friends, teaches in a school some miles south of Dublin and walks along a beach. Along the way, his mind ruminates on subjects as diverse as 16th century underworld slang, his dead mother, and something he calls "the ineluctable modality of the visible" which I'm still struggling with. But he's a curiously ambiguous character, this Stephen; he fancies himself as a poet and rebel but when, on the beach, he picks his nose, he has a quick look around to see that nobody's watching before he smears the snot on a rock. (Joyce likes to poke fun at pretension this way - although he doesn't suggest that Stephen's ideas or rebel stance are completely hollow, either.)
The 14-year-old me didn't get that far. I gave up. It wasn't until I was 19 or so that I got as far as chapter four and encountered a Mr. Bloom, pottering around the kitchen making breakfast, that I started to get a grip. Bloom is one of the most likeable characters in fiction. He's a quiet, rather shy, oddly intelligent advertising salesman married to a voluptuous siren of a wife, Molly.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsPricey but worth it
By A Customer on April 24, 2000
Format: Hardcover
This is a wonderfully crafted book -- the physical object, that is, and not just the text. (Because if you're willing to pay this much for a copy of "Ulysses" you obviously take that for granted.) The volume is larger in size than typical hardcover books today, meaning that the type is a decent readable size and the margins are generous (for the note jotting fiends among us). Great care has clearly been taken in the choice of paper and the sewn binding, which allows the book to lay flat during reading and insures years of re-reading. Although there is no dustjacket the cover is made of very durable material; various cover protectors can be found to stand in or, for the really paranoid, a slipcase can be made or found. It should be added that the text is presented as originally published, so there are no notes or glosses to help the first-time or casual reader; neither are the episodes keyed to any of the line numberings found in other editions. However, those wishing to refer to notes would be best off buying one of the helpful readers' companions by Gifford or Blamires anyway. In relation to other available editions, this one occupies a vast middle ground between the throwaway mass-market paperbacks on the one hand and the out-of-reach collectors' editions on the other. The book's durability and elegant though understated presentation should prove most attractive to those readers who intend to read the text again and again, whether for pleasure or for study. In short, this volume is a keeper.
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3.0 out of 5 starsMission Accomplishable
By brewster22 on September 10, 2003
Format: Paperback
O.k. to start with...for all of you out there who are interested in reading "Ulysses" but are intimidated by all of the rest of you out there who say it's unreadable, take my advice. Read this book. It's absolutely ridiculous to say this book can't be read. I can't say you're going to find it interesting or enjoyable, but you can read it.
There are people who would have you believe you have to wage a massive campaign of pre-"Ulysses" study before delving into Joyce's novel. I've heard it's necessary to read biographies of Joyce, read all of his other literature, read about the history of Dublin, read Greek mythology...even study Dublin city maps!!! Don't you believe any of this. "Ulysses" is perfectly approachable having read none of the above. I admit that reading "Portrait of the Artist" first is helpful, and at least having some passing knowledge of "The Odyssey" won't hurt, but being familiar with these other works will only help you appreciate some of Joyce's nuances. Being unfamiliar with them will not prevent you from digesting "Ulysses."
Now, for the book itself. Is "Ulysses" good? That's become an almost irrelevant question to ask. Do you have to like "Ulysses?" No. Do you have to admit that it is the greatest novel ever written? No. Anyone denying that the book was influential in altering the course of literature would just be foolish. However, I don't think "Ulysses" is the be-all and end-all of 20th Century literature, and the new ground that Joyce broke would have been broken anyway had he not done it first. He was certainly an innovator, but other authors (Faulkner comes to mind) use Joyce's modernist approach to fiction and do it better.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic novel, but probably requires a guide for the ...

Fantastic novel, but probably requires a guide for the first read. Very dense and difficult to understand, but worth the effort.

Published 21 hours ago by Alex
5.0 out of 5 starsPay Attention this is Great Literature

I loved Ulysses when I was in my early twenties. Now, reading it again I find it much more challenging, much more complex.
Still loving it. James Joyce was a genius! Read more

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Good book, at times drags, but I really liked it. I suppose you'd need a classical education to understand this book in the very nth degree, but as a French student who took a... Read more

Published 7 days ago by Lilla
5.0 out of 5 starsCan't Beat Joyce!

Read this a long time ago and bought another copy last week. Looking forward to a reread when I have time, see how viewing it with older eyes and brain will take it in.

Published 8 days ago by ilynxis
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A warning to all students and scholars looking for a copy of Ulysses: this version will make one of the most difficult books in the English language even harder than it already... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

A must read classic

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5.0 out of 5 starsI think there are lots of great books but this is one that almost...

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1.0 out of 5 starsUlysses NOT Annotated

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