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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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  • 25 episodes
  • Avg 30 min
  • English
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  • S4 · E44
    July 14 · 43 min

    Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 6

    In which a motley company of characters convenes in a lively establishment, their interactions weaving between bawdy jest, spirited dance, and the subtle undercurrents of past and present. Amidst the whirl of music, mirth, and spectral visitations,...

  • S4 · E43
    July 12 · 47 min

    Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 5

    In which the wandering, wistful Bloom finds himself entwined in a nebulous dreamscape of commanding femmes fatales and wistful phantoms, his past desires and present anxieties enfolding him like the whispering yews on a languorous summer’s day. Amid...

  • S4 · E42
    July 10 · 52 min

    Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 4

    In which a motley troupe of characters converge in a dimly lit room, their disjointed voices and spectral antics weaving a murmur of mysticism, irreverence, and strange camaraderie beneath the flickering gaslight. Amid masked sages, singing whores,...

  • S4 · E41
    July 8 · 48 min

    Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 3

    In which the streets of Dublin burst into a grandiose and tumultuous celebration, as a certain Mr Bloom is exalted amid a procession of pageantry, ceremonies, and boisterous acclaim, his figure both venerated and beset by controversy and fanciful...

  • S4 · E40
    July 6 · 48 min

    Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 2

    In which a beleaguered man named Bloom finds himself embroiled in a wild and surreal courtroom drama, beleaguered by accusations and bizarre characters, each clamouring to besmirch or defend his honour with a mix of farce and pungent wit. Through a...

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