Ulysses
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Narrated by:
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Patrick Gibson
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By:
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James Joyce
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Patrick Gibson, known for his roles in The OA, The Tudors and The Passing Bells. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Declan Kiberd
Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th 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'.
Public Domain (P)2019 Penguin AudioCritic Reviews
"Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century." (Anthony Burgess, Observer)
"The most important expression which the present age has found; it is a book to which we are all indebted, and from which none of us can escape." (T. S. Eliot)
"Intoxicating...a towering work, in its word play surpassing even Shakespeare." (Guardian)
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-04-2023
words into the brain
I ran out of steam about halfway through, but I'm very glad I finished Ulysses. Persevere!
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- Tom
- 01-06-2022
Skip to chapter 3
Draw your own conclusions, skip the commentary. Disappointing that the actual book start point is not mentioned like with other Audible books. Otherwise , well narrated and an iconic literary work, Joyce is often a literary genius in his command of language but the overall content comes across as nonsensical and frustrating. Not for everyone but worth a go if you're the patient intellectual sort.
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- Simon Rashleigh
- 13-12-2020
Perfect Voice for this Epic Work of Literature
Patrick Gibson does a suberb job helped by his strong, clear and natural Irish accent covering all of the voices in Ulysses including the female voices in this epic, yet difficult-to-read great work by James Joyce. This is a very difficult book to follow due to the way Joyce constructed it and it is also a difficult book to take in, even in its audio form, but Gibson's very believable portrayal of all of its characters made it more believable and helpful and transports us all back into the past very convincingly to that very colourful and busy single day (16th June 1904) in Dublin (in literature) that Joyce created.
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