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Whelp... Here I go...

>> No.2776165

gl hf

>> No.2776168

Is it abridged or are the pages just extremely thin?

>> No.2776172
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2776172

>inb4 OP quits after 30 pages

>> No.2776174

>>2776168

It says its the complete 1922 version.

It's still like, 730 pages

>> No.2776178

Well you've already bent the cover so you've fucked it up before you started

>> No.2777388

it's not worth it

>> No.2777390

>88

get says it's not worth it.

>> No.2778432

>>2776168
it's just the angle of the photograph that makes it look thin.

>> No.2778453

>>2776178

It's a fucking paperback, who cares about its condition?

>> No.2778457
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>>2778453
>Ulysses
>Who cares about its condition

>> No.2778458

>>2778457

Ulysses is a sequence of letters, not a physical object.

>> No.2778462

>>2778458
yeah and a church isn't the holy spirit so let's burn down churches.

>> No.2778464

>>2778462
Yes! Finally!

>> No.2778465

>>2778464
I knew some edgy atheist would respond to that.

So taboo! xP

>> No.2778471

>>2778462

Not OP, but stop trolling.

Paper backs rarely matter. They are not as valuable as hardcovers.

Repeat copies by various book companies (Signet,Penguin,etc.) rarely , and I mean very rarely, are worth much.

Stop pissing your panties.

>> No.2778472

>>2778465
I'm in England. It's not edgy to be an atheist. Thank God.

>> No.2778483

>>2778471

BUT YOU'RE NOT RESPECTING THE HOLY WORD OF THE GOD OUR LORD JAMES JOYCE YOU HAVE SULLIED THE ETERNAL GREATNESS OF HIS TEXT

>> No.2778523

>be non-native english speaker
>"well, that can't be so hard to read, I could probably finish it in a month"
>First 10 pages
>nope.jpg

one day, /lit/, one day...

>> No.2778520

Last time I posted this here somebody compared it to using a strategy guide in a computer game, then again somebody here also called me hipster for owning lots of books.

Here is what you need to grasp the full meaning of this book OP http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/ulys.htm

Without some research as you go along you are destined to become another HURR ULYSSES SUCKS OVERRATED because you treated it like watching a television series.

>> No.2778534

>>2778520

>Here is what you need to grasp the full meaning of this book OP

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaha

>> No.2778539

>>2778523

The first couple chapters aren't even difficult man. You should see the actual hard parts.

>> No.2778546

>>2778534
oh so you read it with a masters in literature and a n in depth knowledge of the catholic church?

because unless you didn't, I got news for you son

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>>2778523
>be non-native english speaker
>"I keep hearing about how difficult Finnegans Wake is, pfft I could probably read it"
>first paragraph

>> No.2778553

>>2778546

I just find your naivety very cute. People are still shedding new light on Ulysses right now. To say that some source gives you the "full meaning" on it is just hilarious.

>> No.2778558

>>2778471
Check your privilege. If a paperback of ulysses is not valuable to you then donate it to a library or a charity bookshop

>> No.2778559

>>2778553
do you really think I meant it like that? I am trying to avoid another casual picking up Ulysses and going "where's the story"

>> No.2778561

>>2778472
Sorry but advocating burning down churches is pretty edgy no matter where you are

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>>2778547
>be native english speaker
>"I keep hearing about how difficult Finnegans Wake is, pfft I could probably read it"
>first paragraph

>> No.2778566

good luc

>> No.2778567

>>2778559

You should say what you mean. Saying what you don't mean is a very odd practice.

>> No.2778570

>>2778561
I'm the UK, shouting about being an atheist is like shouting about breathing oxygen...I am not trolling. If I made a joke about burning down a church people would just laugh. It's parlance.

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2778573

if you aren't a filthy faggot mic you might as well skip over that big ginger-nigger joyce anyway

soulless fuckboy, i bet he's glad finnegan's 'wake in hell and his ass

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>>2778562

>be American
>"I keep hearing about how difficult Finnegans Wake is, pfft I could probably read it"
>first sentence

>> No.2778581

>>2778567
Trying to sound like an academic on an imageboard full of children is pretty odd to me.

I was trying to help out OP, calm down. I wish I had known about that site I gave him when I read Ulysses for the first time.

>> No.2778593

>>2778547
>>2778523
>>2778539
Nothing in Ulysses is difficult to comprehend in the manner you're all referring to. If you non-native speakers read some English poetry you'll eventually grasp unorthodox syntax. Some parts of Ulysses though, like I suppose this >>2778539 guy is referring to, are intentionally incoherent:

>Universally that person's acumen is esteemed very little perceptive concerning whatsoever matters are being held most profitably by mortals with sapience endowed to be studied who is ignorant of that which the most in doctrine erudite and certainly by reason of that in them high mind's ornament deserving of veneration constantly maintain when by general consent they affirm that other circumstances . . .

You might be able to glean a bit of intelligible thought from of this section of the book but the effects of obfuscation and verbosity is deliberate, and it's just as important that you grasp the details of the writing style than the thoughts conveyed through it.

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>>2778578
>be Irish-Catholic with working towards Masters in Literature
>"I keep hearing about how difficult Finnegans Wake is, pfft I could probably read it"
>first paragraph

>> No.2778599

>>2778570
>If I made a joke ... people would just laugh

thanks captain obvious

>> No.2778603

>>2778597
>with working towards

You'll have dat degree in no time, I'm sure of it.

>> No.2778609

>>2778599
they would not laugh because it was edgy

>understanding my point
>calling me captain obvious

pick one

>> No.2778610

>>2778597
Wait, you got to Masters before reading/hearing of Ulysses?

>> No.2778615

>>2778609
>getting trolled
>the Year of Our Lord 2012

>> No.2778621

How old were you and why did you first pick up Ulysses?

I was 17 and my English teacher told me about it, pretty boring.

I'd be interested to know if anyone has read it/started reading it purely because of this board...I have seen images of people's book "collections" on here and they do seem to be all from /lit/'s reading list.

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>>2778615

>> No.2778631

>>2778609
no they would laugh because it was a joke. of course.


burning down churches is still pretty edgy no matter where you are.

>> No.2778636

>>2778630
oh actually doing it you mean? yeah I think arson goes beyond edgy

>> No.2778637

>>2778630
>oldfag/newfag dichotomy

confirmed for summer

>> No.2778645

>>2778631
wish I had all my varg vikernes reaction images on this computer :(

>> No.2778663

>>2778630
that's not trolling, that's Socratic Irony.

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2778794

OP needs to step up his game.

>> No.2778812

>>2778637
>summer/rest of year dichotomy

confirmed for newfag

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>>2778794

Vintage brofist.

>> No.2778823

>>2778821
They have such nice covers.
>all dem McCarthy covers
I don't like the way they feel when they rub together, though.

>> No.2778829

>>2778823

Yeah, Penguin and Vintage are the best as far as easily attainable classics go. Can't really go wrong

>> No.2778839

>>2778821
what does that tattoo say?

>> No.2778842

>>2778839

My wrists say 'Twas Grace' 'That Taught...'

>> No.2778846

>>2778821
Fag(s)

>> No.2778848

>>2778842
Oh wow, you got that on your wrist?
Ha.

>> No.2778852

>>2778846

Pic of your unread copy of Ulysses or gtfo

>> No.2778855

>>2778848

Yes, sir. It was my first tattoo. I rather dig it.

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>>2778821
>tfw you have the same edition and wanna be a bro but can't find it

>> No.2778867

>>2778860
>confirmed for lying to fit in

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>>2778573
Ulysses is arguably the greatest piece of literature ever made.

I feel physically sick knowing that a simpleton like you posts on a board I do.

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2780851

huehuehuehuehue

>> No.2780859

>paperback editions of Ulysses

You guys are just too lazy to use the ladder and get your hardcover editions, right?

>> No.2780866

I think Joyce trying to parallel The Odyssey in structure was a mistake (ie, having the episodes match the books of the Odyssey thematically). I mean, episodes 5 and 6 are totally unnecessary chapters and the writing is boring. Anybody else feel the same way?

>> No.2780871

>>2780866
Agreed.

>> No.2780872

Why is it modern literature is never considered truly good unless it requires ten different annotated editions for even a highly educated person to understand? Homer didn't rely on that kind of cheap trick, why does Joyce have to?

>> No.2780874

>>2780872
Homer didn't have a wealth of written literature to draw upon.

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>>2780859
joke's on you my servant got this down for me

>>2780866
it's been a while but doesn't chapter 5 introduce Martha and set up Bloom to place an ad in ep. 7, and chapter 6 introduces Mr Dedalus?

>> No.2780878

>>2780874
Proust didn't need to do it either, and he managed to revolutionize literature with a perfectly comprehensible book.

>> No.2780880

>>2780877
True, but I felt he could have put that information into an extended episode 4 (or condensed 5/6 to one book) and cut out a lot of the rather mundane stream of consciousness. Luckily they're both pretty short episodes.

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>>2780872
>cheap trick

>> No.2780885

>>2780851

Brofist once again.

>>2780859

>implying all my books aren't shitty paperbacks