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Leopold and Stephen have a day

caddis — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:44:20 -0800

Ulysses - An Irish guy (in West Virginia) reads Ulysses and posts it to the web in 20 parts. It's a work best appreciated when read aloud and here is someone who has read it aloud just for you. (ultra-condensed version here )

Everybody loves the book, but not everybody loves the work. Thank you iremonger for your effort. He did a nice job too, and at free it is a lot cheaper than the commercial audiobook.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:00:50 -0800

How many other people took 2-3 years to notice that "<ul> CSS" is, in fact, Ulysses?

By: zardoz

zardoz — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:08:49 -0800

Thanks for this, I was actually thinking last week if there was an audiobook for Ulysses. I tried to read the thing at least 3 times and it didn't work--maybe listening to it is better.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:32:46 -0800

I once read Neuromancer to a long-distance girlfriend in a series of mailed tapes. In spite of this, she eventually became my not-so-long-distance girlfriend.

By: alms

alms — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:40:06 -0800

Listening to Donal Donnelly's reading of Ulysses was one of the great literary experiences of my life. I'll have to check out this (other) Irish Guy's version. If it falls short for you, though, check out the Donal Donnelly one. Some libraries have it, and it's amazing.

By: moss

moss — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:42:38 -0800

I think my favorite part of this is the Friends-style episode titles. Especially "The one in which Joyce is taking the piss".

By: freshwater_pr0n

freshwater_pr0n — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:46:22 -0800

Oh, cool! I'm in the middle of rereading Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and he's done that one too: http://odeo.com/audio/16549023/view

By: McLir

McLir — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:50:11 -0800

Excellent post! I may now finish the book.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:54:02 -0800

Wow. This is really well put together. And I appreciate the annotations. Good one, caddis.

By: winna

winna — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:07:40 -0800

This is really nice. Maybe this will be the way I can get through the whole thing! Thanks!

By: PareidoliaticBoy

PareidoliaticBoy — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:53:54 -0800

Cripes. I'd pay Matt another $5 , for this alone. Thanks.

By: christopherious

christopherious — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:31:18 -0800

I've avoided Joyce for years. I recently decided to read Araby for a girl I've never met but want to meet. She's waiting for my review. Most likely, I'd never have bothered this early in life if it were not for something like this. And I'm sure I'll like it. Unless we meet and it all goes to shit from there, of course.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:30:31 -0800

I should give this a listen. I adore Dubliners but within two pages I was out of Ulysses. (Oddly, I enjoyed the The Acid House, which in places I had to read aloud to understand...maybe I just didn't give myself a chance with the bigger book.)

By: El Brendano

El Brendano — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:13:08 -0800

I've got scratchy old LP's of Milo O'Shea reading the first chapter, and Siobhán McKenna reading the final chapter. Always thought more people would get into Ulysses if they heard it read aloud... looks like a great site, and a link well worth spreading around.

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:31:28 -0800

Excellent, and I'll feel sorry for the guy when the notoriously litigitous Joyce estate notices.

By: froghopper

froghopper — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:46:43 -0800

Is there a tip jar? I've never been able to read translitterated English very well, it not being my native language. This should do it...

By: fake

fake — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:00:42 -0800

El Brendano, I'm sure that many here would love to see those recordings online somewhere...

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:17:06 -0800

Nifty, thanks.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:49:42 -0800

Awesome post, Caddis.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:06:29 -0800

The times I've tried to get through Ulysses, I've always found myself rereading passages aloud. Unfortunately I haven't had the time I've always wanted to invest in finishing it (and it's been in my "to read" pile for longer than I'd ever admit.) I'm going to give this a try. This is a great post caddis, thanks.

By: damnthesehumanhands

damnthesehumanhands — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:14:37 -0800

Thanks for this! I've read it and have been meaning to go back and do so again. The audio approach might be an even better alternative.

By: caddis

caddis — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:38:40 -0800

There appear to be two other public domain readings of "Ulysses": LibriVox Paigerella (I haven't listened to either of these but they look interesting as well.)