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Ulysses

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Part of the new Penguin James Joyce collection—reissues of Joyce's work with fresh new settings and contemporary introductions and notes by leading scholars. Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th of June 1904, and what happens to the characters Stephen Dedalus, Leopold... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Part of the new Penguin James Joyce collection—reissues of Joyce's work with fresh new settings and contemporary introductions and notes by leading scholars.

Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th of June 1904, and what happens to the characters Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly, Ulysses is a monument to the human condition. It has survived censorship, controversy and legal action, and even been deemed blasphemous, but remains an undisputed modernist classic—ceaselessly inventive, garrulous, funny, sorrowful, vulgar, lyrical and ultimately redemptive. It confirms Joyce's belief that literature 'is the eternal affirmation of the spirit of man'.

This new edition is based on the original 1922 edition, now the preferred text of Joyce's masterwork, and includes an introduction by world-renowned Joycean scholar, Andrew Gibson.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241405949

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Declan Kiberd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 41.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 622g

Pages: 928

About the Author

James Joyce was born in Dublin on 2 February 1882, the eldest of ten children in a family which, after brief prosperity, collapsed into poverty. He was none the less educated at the best Jesuit schools and then at University College, Dublin, and displayed considerable academic and literary ability. Although he spent most of his adult life outside Ireland, Joyce's psychological and fictional universe is firmly rooted in his native Dublin, the city which provides the settings and much of the subject matter for all his fiction. He is best known for his landmark novel Ulysses (1922) and its controversial successor Finnegans Wake (1939), as well as the short story collection Dubliners (1914) and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916). James Joyce died in Z rich, on 13 January 1941.

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