| Ulysses is considered as one of the most | | | | edition of the book was published in 1922 by |
| important works of modernist literature, it | | | | Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare and Company in |
| chronicles the travails of the main protagonists, | | | | Paris. |
| Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dadelaus on an | | | | Every year on 16 June, which is known as |
| ordinary day in Dublin on 16 June 1904. It's stream | | | | Bloomsday, there are huge celebrations in Dublin in |
| of consciousness technique, crafty structuring, | | | | honour of Joyce and his book which depicted the |
| experimental prose, diverse vocabulary, rich | | | | city so accurately. People dress up in the |
| characters and satirical qualities have made the | | | | costumes of the day, cite his readings, debate |
| work one of the most well regarded books ever | | | | the text, argue the intricacies and puzzles of the |
| written. It is divided into eighteen chapters or | | | | book and generally do everything Joycean for the |
| episodes, each of which has as assigned theme, | | | | day. Dublin has indeed changed much in the |
| technique and correspondences between | | | | century since the book was written but many of |
| characters in Ulysses and characters in the | | | | the places and landmarks featured in Ulysses can |
| Odyssey. The novel was written between | | | | still be found. These include the Martello Tower |
| 1914-1921, it was initially published in series in the | | | | where the novel begins and which is now a |
| American publication The Little Review from 1918 | | | | museum to the great writer and Davy Byrnes |
| until it's prosecution for obscenity in 1921. The first | | | | pub, 21 Duke St., Dublin 2 still stands to this day. |