It's much more readable than Finnegan's Wake

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is more accessible and is about the main protagonist of Ulysses as, well, a young man.

However, there's no virtue in fighting to like something you don't or can't get into. What do you enjoy reading?

Posted By: Old Man on September 19th 2016 at 19:23:17

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I gave up on Ulysses after about ten pages. Couldn't understand a word! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 19, 18:35:49
- Ulysses, Ulysses - soaring through all the galaxies. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Sep 19, 20:51:49
- Read it when I was about 18. Re-read it earlier this year. I still found it incredibly (General Chat) - dennis moore, Sep 19, 20:03:31
- I picked it up once then decided against it. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Sep 19, 19:39:27
  - Fucking Alone in Berlin. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Sep 19, 19:42:31
    - Mrs loves the book hard (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Sep 19, 22:44:09
    - Wanking in Berlin? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 19, 20:03:03
      - Hell, yeah! (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Sep 19, 20:34:30
  - *Hans (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Sep 19, 19:39:45
- It's much more readable than Finnegan's Wake (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 19, 19:23:17
- Useless by James Joyce (as read by La di da gunner Graham in It Ain't Half Hot Mum) (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Sep 19, 19:17:17
- Useless by James Joyce (as read by La di da gunner Graham in It Ain't Half Hot Mum) (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Sep 19, 19:16:58
- Like (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Sep 19, 19:03:37
- It's a classic BC!.... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Sep 19, 19:00:41
- I couldn't understand it either. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 19, 18:57:42
  - I decided against that joke. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Sep 19, 19:15:47
- cracking story after what has clearly been a poor days wrathing (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 19, 18:57:33

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