Bloomsday

[altariel]

Today is the 100th anniversary of 'Bloomsday', the day on which all the action of Ulysses takes place.

As ever, the BBC has come up trumps, and here is a Cheat's Guide to Joyce's Ulysses.

That, my friends, is a proper use of the licence fee. The BBC - reading books so that you don't have to.

Edited to add: There are some great comments at the bottom of that page now, although my favourite has to be: "Perhaps one day I shall read it, just out of spite."

Comments

[kathyh]

As I never even made it through Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man that link was hugely useful. I think I second one of the commenters who asked them to do Remembrance of Things Past next. As you say this is excellent use of the licence fee.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Portrait, although it's a very long time since I've read it, and I don't know what I'd make of it now. Lots of bits of it reminded me of the older members of my family.