Ulysses

Ulysses is a novel that follows a single day, 16 June 1904, in the city of Dublin. Its main figures are Leopold Bloom, an advertising canvasser, his wife Molly, and the young teacher and would-be writer Stephen Dedalus. Their ordinary wanderings through streets, pubs, offices and homes are loosely shaped on the structure of Homer's Odyssey.

Joyce tells the day in a bold range of styles, from plain narration to the private flow of thought, parody and drama. The result is funny, earthy and humane, finding epic meaning in everyday life. It is often named among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, and it rewards patient, curious reading.