Ulysses

by James Joyce

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"Ulysses" by James Joyce is a modernist novel published in 1922. It chronicles one day in Dublin—June 16, 1904—following three characters whose experiences mirror Homer's Odyssey. Leopold Bloom parallels Odysseus, his wife Molly echoes Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus reflects Telemachus.

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Topics: Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction · Artists -- Fiction · City and town life -- Fiction · Domestic fiction · Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction · Epic literature