num_pages: 720
description: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here ULYSSES is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris. Considered one of the most important works of Modernist literature, it has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". "Before Joyce, no writer of fiction had so foregrounded the process of thinking." Ulysses chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, 16 June 1904 (the day of Joyce's first date with his future wife, Nora Barnacle). The title alludes to Odysseus (Latinised into Ulysses), the hero of Homer's Odyssey, and establishes a series of parallels between characters and events in Homer's poem and Joyce's novel (e.g., the correspondence of Leopold Bloom to Odysseus, Molly Bloom to Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus to Telemachus). Joyce fans worldwide now celebrate 16 June as Bloomsday. Ulysses is approximately 265,000 words in length, uses a lexicon of 30,030 words (including proper names, plurals and various verb tenses), and is divided into eighteen episodes. Since publication, the book has attracted controversy and scrutiny, ranging from early obscenity trials to protracted textual "Joyce Wars." Ulysses' stream-of-consciousness technique, careful structuring, and experimental prose—full of puns, parodies, and allusions, as well as its rich characterisations and broad humour, made the book a highly regarded novel in the Modernist pantheon. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Ulysses first on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
language: English
title: Ulysses
titlecomplete: Ulysses
characters: Cissy Caffrey, George Russell, Mother Grogan, Richard Crookback, Tommy Caffrey, Fr. Bernard Vaughan, Edy Boardman, Kevin Egan, James Fitzharris, Mr Bello, Father Conroy, Walter Sexton, Mr Fox, Buck Mulligan, William Humble, Earl of Dudley, Mr Cornelius Kelleher, Jacob Halliday, Thomas W. Lyster, Bob Doran, Zoe Higgins, Josie (Powell) Breen, Fr. John Conmee, Dilly, Katey, Boody, and Maggy Dedalus, Florry Talbot, Mr Joseph M'Carthy Hynes, Mr Simon Dedalus, Thomas "Tommy" Caffrey, Mr Leopold Bloom, Stephen MacKenna, Mr Hornblower, Barney Kiernan, D.B. Murphy, Gerty MacDowell, Boylan, Tom Rochford, John Henry Menton, Mr. Garret Deasy, The Citizen, Master Boardman, Hugh "Blazes" Boylan, Mrs Marion Bloom, Richie Goulding, Haines, J. J. O'Molloy, Ann Hathaway, Denis Breen, Mrs Josephine Breen, Mr Garrett Deasy, Fanny Moody, Kitty Ricketts, Mrs. Dignam, Episode Twelve's Nameless Narrator, Mr O’madden Burke, Patrick Dignam, Signor Maffei, Marion "Molly" Bloom, Leopold Bloom, Bantam Lyons, Bridget "Bridie" Kelly, Davy Byrne, Stephen Daedalus, Mr Power, John Eglinton, Mr Thomas Kernan, Patrick Aloysius Dignam, jnr., Mr V. Lynch, Millie Bloom, Mina Kennedy, Mrs Stoer, Joseph Glynn, J.J. O'Molloy, Jacky Caffrey, Gerald Ward A.D.C., Brian Cooper Tweedy, John "Jacky" Caffrey, Mr Paddy Dignam, Blazes Boylan, Sara (Sally) Goulding, Mr. Power, Terence O'Ryan, Matthew Lenehan, Garrett Deasy, Martin Cunningham, Mina Purefoy, John Corley, Mrs Bella Cohen, Ned Lambert, Benjamin Dollard, Paddy Dignam, T. Lenehan, Martha Clifford, Alf Bergan, Mary Dedalus, Myles Crawford, Charles Manners, Stephen Dedalus, Lydia Douce, Joseph P. Nannetti, Malachi "Buck" Mulligan, Simon Dedalus
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Literature, Banned Books, Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 125163
places: Ireland, Nighttown, Dublin, Dublin, Glasnevin Cemetary, Dublin, Sandymount Strand, Dublin
awards: awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Premio Euskadi de Literatura
category: Traduccion, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Bestes Hörspiel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Национална награда „Христо Г. Данов“
category: Преводна художествена литература, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Premio Ánxel Casal da Edición
category: Premio Lois Tobío á Tradución (Galician), awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Premios Fervenzas Literarias
category: Traducción , awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Penguin Books/Penguin Modern Classics