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The James Joyce Library

The James Joyce Library

By: James Joyce
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 Step softly into The James Joyce Library, where the pages breathe and the city murmurs beneath every word. Here the books unfold aloud - Dublin’s streets, its wandering minds, its sudden flashes of revelation - carried on the human voice as river-current and memory entwine. From first sentence to final cadence, each episode invites the listener to drift through language itself: playful, searching, awake to the music of ordinary life. Open your ears, and walk awhile among stories that refuse to stand still.Public domain
Episodes
  • Ulysses Episode 6 - Hades Part 1

    Ulysses Episode 6 - Hades Part 1
    May 1 2026
    In which a company of gentlemen, bound by respectful custom and muted remembrance, accompany a funeral carriage winding through Dublin’s solemn streets, their discourse meandering from the edges of grief to the lighter jests and practicalities of everyday life. As the procession moves past familiar landmarks and ordinary scenes, reflections on life and death, the burdens of memory, and fleeting glimpses of personal sorrow ripple beneath the surface of gentle camaraderie.
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    36 mins
  • Ulysses Episode 5 - Lotus Eaters

    Ulysses Episode 5 - Lotus Eaters
    Apr 29 2026
    In which a thoughtful gentleman named Mr Bloom ambles through the Dublin streets, reflecting on the morning’s occurrences and the lives intersecting with his own, his mind wandering from trivial news to the intimate inclinations of those he encounters. Within the quiet sanctity of a church and the humble chemist’s shop, he contemplates faith, mortality, and simple domestic comforts in a warm, gentle morning’s light.
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    44 mins
  • Ulysses Episode 4 - Calypso

    Ulysses Episode 4 - Calypso
    Apr 27 2026
    In which Mr Leopold Bloom moves through a warm summer morning with quiet care and curious attention, attending to domestic routines and small acts of kindness amid the softly suffusing light and familiar neighbourhood sounds. Observing the world with gentle affection and reflective reverie, he contemplates his surroundings, his family, and the subtle flow of time while pondering distant lands, past and present lives, and the bittersweet tenderness of memory.
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    42 mins
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