The James Joyce Library

James Joyce

Step softly into The James Joyce Library, where the pages breathe and the city murmurs beneath every word. Here the books unfold aloud - Dublin’s streets, its wandering minds, its sudden flashes of revelation - carried on the human voice as river-current and memory entwine. From first sentence to final cadence, each episode invites the listener to drift through language itself: playful, searching, awake to the music of ordinary life. Open your ears, and walk awhile among stories that refuse to stand still.

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S5 · E1
Monday · 25 min
Chamber Music
In which love moves through dusk and dew and the little tremblings of the world, rising out of music and wind and remembered touch until desire itself seems to breathe in the leaves, the water, the hair, the darkening air.
S4 · E63
August 21 · 16 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 8
In which a wistful woman contemplates the complexities and hardships of love, life, and loneliness, wandering through memories both tender and sharp, as she imagines the presence and absence of a young man who stirs her hopes and discontents. Her...
S4 · E62
August 19 · 15 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 7
In which a woman of wistful and wry reflection muses upon the trials and tedium of her marriage, the passing of years, and the restless stirrings of desire and disappointment that haunt her nightly thoughts. Between recollections of old acquaintances...
S4 · E61
August 17 · 19 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 6
In which a woman reflects with frankness and muted bitterness on the intimate and domestic trials of her life, from the restless behaviour of her daughter to the burdens and irritations of marriage and bodily woes, all conveyed in a candid, wandering...
S4 · E60
August 15 · 14 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 5
In which a lively recollection of amorous escapades and youthful defiance intermingles with the quiet intimacies and frustrations of domestic life, all observed through a perceptive and spirited mind. The whisper of past adventures and present...
S4 · E59
August 13 · 12 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 4
In which a woman reflects with wistful clarity upon the heat and vivid sights of past days spent in foreign climes, weaving memories of friendships, love, and the confinement of social constraint amid the relentless passage of time. The narrative...
S4 · E58
August 11 · 5 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 3
In which a woman muses inwardly on the complexities of desire, dress, and the delicate commerce of affection and appearances in a world that tirelessly weighs women by their style, charm, and the fleeting favour of men; her thoughts wander from silk...
S4 · E57
August 9 · 22 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 2
In which a woman's recollections unfurl with the soft cadence of everyday intimacies and whispered confidences, revealing the tender complexities and restless yearnings of her past loves and present discontents. She muses on men and manners, on loves...
S4 · E56
August 7 · 24 min
Ulysses Episode 18 - Penelope Part 1
In which a woman reflects with sharp wit and weary familiarity on the complexities of love, fidelity, and the secret lives tangled behind closed doors, weaving her thoughts through memories of past encounters and present suspicions. She muses on the...
S4 · E55
August 5 · 46 min
Ulysses Episode 17 - Ithaca Part 4
In which a man’s mind, restless and circumspect, roams through a labyrinth of personal mementoes and meditations upon sleep, desire, memory, and the quiet commerce of ordinary days in Dublin; objects both commonplace and curious—letters, coins,...
S4 · E54
August 3 · 42 min
Ulysses Episode 17 - Ithaca Part 3
In which two solitary gentlemen, one modest and the other contemplative, perform morning rituals amid shifting household furniture and quiet domestic objects, their thoughts weaving through memory and the minutiae of existence. Amid reflections on...
S4 · E53
August 1 · 46 min
Ulysses Episode 17 - Ithaca Part 2
In which two men, one scholarly and reflective, the other worldly yet tenderly observant, engage in subtle discourse that entwines language, memory, and the human condition, meandering from the arcane connections between ancient tongues to the...
S4 · E52
July 30 · 49 min
Ulysses Episode 17 - Ithaca Part 1
In which two men, diverging yet intersecting through shared steps across dim Dublin streets, converse of music, literature, and the subtle growth of trees beneath gaslight, their minds bridging age and creed with reflective ease. In which the domestic...
S4 · E51
July 28 · 26 min
Ulysses Episode 16 - Eumaeus Part 6
In which two vagabond souls, bound by art and weary wanderings, stray from public haunt to quiet refuge, discoursing on melodies, musings, and the delicate fortunes of the human voice—each step mingling with the ebb and flow of city sounds and evening...
S4 · E50
July 26 · 25 min
Ulysses Episode 16 - Eumaeus Part 5
In which the lively chatter of horse racing and political lore mingles with reflections on past figures whose shadows linger in memory, revealing the complexity of public and private lives entwined in Dublin’s ever-turning scene. Amidst modest...
S4 · E49
July 24 · 20 min
Ulysses Episode 16 - Eumaeus Part 4
In which a motley group of voices gathers around a dimly lit tavern, exchanging spirited discourse on Ireland’s riches, English dominion, and the tangled loyalties of its sons, while the air thickens with the scent of drink and the echoes of old...
S4 · E48
July 22 · 26 min
Ulysses Episode 16 - Eumaeus Part 3
In which a weather-beaten mariner recounts his oceanic adventures and tattoos amidst a motley gathering at a city shelter, while reflections on temperaments, faith, and the changing fortunes of maritime trade unfold with gentle irony and a hint of...
S4 · E47
July 20 · 24 min
Ulysses Episode 16 - Eumaeus Part 2
In which two acquaintances find refuge from the clamour of the city amidst a motley assembly at a cabman’s shelter, where the thick-scented air is thickened further by the boisterous tales and jaw-breaking accents of a roving mariner, whose yarns of...
S4 · E46
July 18 · 23 min
Ulysses Episode 16 - Eumaeus Part 1
In which two weary companions, one steady and one unsteady, traverse the dimly lit streets of Dublin in search of respite and refreshment, their conversation weaving through reflections on misfortune, the law, and the nightly dangers that lurk in...
S4 · E45
July 16 · 38 min
Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 7
In which a tempest of unspoken rancours and jarring voices erupts in a crowded lodging house, where Stephen’s fervent defiance ignites a cacophonous mêlée amongst soldiers, townsfolk, and watchmen, their shouts mingling with spectral visions and...

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