Ulysses (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: June 16, 1904
- Setting: Dublin
- Principal Characters: Stephen Dedalus, Buck Mulligan, Leopold Bloom, Marion “Molly” Tweedy Bloom, Blazes Boylan
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Marriage, Jews or Jewish life, Adultery, Creative process, Drinking or drunkenness, Heroes or heroism, Consciousness, Ireland or Irish people
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
The Story:
Buck Mulligan mounted the stairs of the old tower and prepared to shave himself on the morning of June 16, 1904. A moment later, Stephen Dedalus came to the stairhead and stood looking out over Dublin Bay. When Mulligan spoke of the sea glinting in the morning sunlight, Stephen had a sudden vision of his own mother; he had been called back from Paris to her deathbed a year before. He remembered how she had begged him to pray for her soul and how he, rebelling against the churchly discipline of his boyhood, had refused.
After breakfast, Stephen and Mulligan...
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