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The James Joyce Library
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Step softly into The James Joyce Library, where the pages breathe and the city murmurs beneath every word. Here the books unfold aloud - Dublin’s streets, its wandering minds, its sudden flashes of revelation - carried on the human voice as river-current and memory entwine. From first sentence to final cadence, each episode invites the listener to drift through language itself: playful, searching, awake to the music of ordinary life. Open your ears, and walk awhile among stories that refuse to stand still.
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Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 2
Jul 600:48:08Tap to summarizeIn which a beleaguered man named Bloom finds himself embroiled in a wild and surreal courtroom drama, beleaguered by accusations and bizarre characters, each clamouring to besmirch or defend his honour with a mix of farce and pungent wit. Through a phantasmagoria of voices and visions—a trial, spectral visitations, and flirtatious encounters—his uneasy figure wends its way through the foggy streets and tangled social webs of Dublin’s evening.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 1
Jul 400:35:33Tap to summarizeIn which a nocturnal scene unfolds along a grimy city street alive with a motley crowd of characters—drunken navvies, singing women, tricksy children, and wandering watchmen—while the ambient glow of lamps and distant flashes mingle with whispered secrets and local banter. Amidst this stirring milieu, Bloom threads his way cautiously through mishaps and encounters, marking a delicate balance between comic misadventure and quiet introspection in the company of spectral memories and inscrutable acquaintances.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 6
Jul 200:20:18Tap to summarizeIn which the gentle passage of time and the solemn dignity of family life mingle with the vivid bustle of Dublin streets, where memories cling like lilac fragrances amidst bursts of youthful clamour and nightly revelry. Here, amid solemnity and merriment, the varied choir of voices—from scholarly to streetwise—offer a rich tapestry of human longing, labour, and fleeting joy beneath a star-shimmered sky.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 5
Jun 3000:19:39Tap to summarizeIn which the gentle tides of memory and myth mingled with lively discourse, as friends and scholars gathered to muse on the mysteries of birth, fate, and the mercies of science amid the ordinary brightness of a spring day. The shadows of past lives and the hopes for the future flicker softly through their talk, while the quiet joys and trials of motherhood shine with a tender light, cradled beneath the ancient constellations.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 4
Jun 2800:23:42Tap to summarizeIn which a modest and dignified presence tempers a raucous gathering of wayward souls, while a newly born infant’s arrival stirs both earnest reflections and ribald conjectures about life’s mysteries and human folly. Amid discourse on birth and mortality, the past entwines with the present as a haunted confession unfolds, revealing the burdens borne by a restless conscience and the mutable spirit of a man lost in time’s mirror.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 3
Jun 2600:18:14Tap to summarizeIn which a lively gathering of men recounts the tale of a celebrated bull of Ireland, woven with humour and local colour, while one among them, Mr Mulligan, proposes a singular scheme to cultivate fertility on Lambay Island, blending earnest intent with whimsical camaraderie. The discourse flows with witty exchanges and tender reflections on human nature, interrupted only by the rhythms of rain and the summons of an awaiting visitor.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 2
Jun 2400:24:10Tap to summarizeIn which a company gathers in a dimly lit hall to discourse with mingled mirth and solemnity about the shifting fortunes of youth, faith, and folly, their tongues dancing round the sacred and the profane with ancient wit and modern jests. Outside, the heavens break loose with thunder and sudden rain, drenching the parched earth as townsfolk shelter and gossip, while within, the fragile human heart wrestles with longing, loss, and the elusive hope beyond the visible world.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 1
Jun 2200:26:47Tap to summarizeIn which a gathering of learned men, amidst histrionic discourse and convivial camaraderie, contemplate the solemn mysteries of maternity and mortality within the hallowed walls of a noble house, where the throes of childbirth and the shadows of death intertwine. Gentle reflections on ancestral customs and the sacredness of life pervade, as tender human frailty and steadfast tradition entwine beneath the watchful eyes of those who tend the passage from birth to burial.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 13 - Nausicaa Part 5
Jun 2000:43:50Tap to summarizeIn which Mr Bloom muses upon the scents and sensations of the evening, reflecting on human nature, fleeting encounters, and the lingering impressions of love and memory by the sea’s edge as night falls over Howth. Amidst the gentle illumination of lamps and stars, he contemplates the passage of time, the mysteries of life, and the delicate interplay of shadow and light, while a bat flits softly through the encroaching darkness.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 13 - Nausicaa Part 4
Jun 1800:37:57Tap to summarizeIn which a restless mind wanders through the delicate mysteries of women’s moods and the intimacies of daily life, steeped in the mingled scents, gestures, and silent language of desire and reserve. The ordinary and the secretive entwine in a somber dance, where memory threads through smell and touch, and the fleeting moments of youth and passion are marked by the changing tides of time and nature.
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