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Ulysses
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Narrated by:
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Jim Norton
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By:
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James Joyce
About this listen
While Bloom's passionate wife, Molly, conducts yet another illicit liasion (with her concert manager), Bloom finds himself getting into arguments with drunken nationalists and wild carousing with excitable medical students, before rescuing Stephen Dedalus from a brawl and returning with him to his own basement kitchen.
In the hands of Jim Norton and Marcella Riordan, experienced and stimulating Joycean readers, and carefully directed by Roger Marsh, Ulysses becomes accessible as never before. It is entertaining, immediate, funny, and rich in classical, philosophical, and musical allusion.
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Critic reviews
- Audie Award Finalist, Classics, 2005
"As ambitious and rewarding an audio production as any that exists, an audio experience that truly deserves to be cherished....Readers of Ulysses have long been encouraged to read out loud the more difficult sections for added comprehension and enjoyment of the language. Now, thanks to Naxos, the entire book is available in a performance to savor. It is safe to say that anyone wanting to experience the preeminent work of modern fiction has in this package the perfect audio companion." (AudioFile)
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- Richard
- 02-04-12
Amazing
I've listened to 30+ books from Audible now and a few of them have needed a bit of persistence. I was keen to listen to Ulysses as I reasoned that I may be unlikely to finish the book in print if I attempted it.
It seems to me that the audiobook format is excellent for this incredible book. I can see why the book is rated so highly. The narrator is excellent and I found his characterisations worked very well. The pace was just right - quite hard to keep up but I don't think this is the book to read aloud slowly.
Did I understand everything? No. I had to review an online source at the end of each episode to keep up. But it is well worth it and I feel like I have experienced a very special piece of literature.
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- M. Hewitt
- 12-07-16
Story? What story? Outstanding...
Once I understood that I would never understand what the story or plot is about I loved it. I went to return it a couple of times but persevered and I'm glad I did. Beautifully crafted...
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- Anonymous User
- 07-07-19
Beautiful language. V annoying changes in volume!
Beautiful language, startling volume changes otherwise well narrated. I've still no idea what it's actually about!
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- Anastasia
- 26-06-19
Exceptional
Exceptionally well read. More of a theatre performance than a book reading. I don’t think I would have understood the book half so well if I had read it to myself
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- Busy Booker
- 04-12-16
Fantastic narration
What a grest wsy to have been tsken from start to finish of this meandering tome!
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- 02-02-15
Fantastic & Excellent Way to Absorb Ulysses
I read the book over several months & enjoyed it. Now at last we
have Ulysses on audible which is great to listen to as it helps to
absorb this incredible piece of work as I read the book again.
I like doing this with some of the more deeper literature, find this enables the work to sink in in more depth. ❤️ James Joyce.
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- Breege Madden
- 22-01-22
Thanks Jim Norton
listening to Ulysses was really helpful I found it easier to understand and more enjoyable
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-03-22
Superb performance
I am in awe - Jim Norton’s narration brought the book to life, catching Joyce’s great ear for sounds and music and accents and turns of phrase. I read and listened simultaneously and will definitely do so again.
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- Gawain Mayall
- 13-05-22
It’s Ulysses, but…
The reader is awesome. The best so far. He makes it almost a pleasant experience. Great job.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-23
An absolutely outstanding reading of this great book
I am in awe of Jim Norton’s versatility and his deep understanding. He has given me such pleasure and insight into what is, of course, a challenging and endlessly intriguing text.
The novel’s humour, the variety of characters, the movement between narrative styles, the authentic detail and much else - all captured brilliantly.
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