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I've read Ulysses
I read it in an English seminar my senior year in college. The professor had us read every chapter twice just to have a clue what it was about. He explained some of the references, but even then I barely understood most of it. For example, there's a dog in one chapter. The dog changes breed over the course of the chapter - 12 times.
I loved it, so much that I traveled to Ireland and read the first chapter in the tower where it takes place (which is now a Joyce museum). One of my goals in life is to be in Dublin on Bloomsday, June 16, which is when it takes place (the main character's name is Leopold Bloom).
But it's so dense and thick with obscure references that it's impossible to understand it without being in a class taught by someone who can guide you. I'm sure there are Websites these days that provide lots of analysis and clues, but it would take a lot of patience and perseverance to read Ulysses. Then there's Finnegan's Wake, which is even worse . . . .
A question for second gary and other literature aficionados: Jan 15, 02:21
How about Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy {nm} Jan 15, 06:50
Thanks for that suggestion, blaze. I'll try to get copies of them. {nm} Jan 15, 14:51
Ulysses is a classic, or Crime and Punishment. {nm} Jan 15, 07:27
They sound like good books, I'll have to see if I can find some copies. {nm} Jan 15, 14:51
Really? Those are hard titles to get through. {nm} Jan 15, 15:17
What do you mean by hard titles to get through? Are they a slog to understand, or just big books? {nm} Jan 15, 15:43
Ulysses is renowned for being impenetrable. Crime and Punishment is not as difficult but... not easy. {nm} Jan 15, 16:11
I've read Ulysses Jan 15, 22:46
Wow, that sounds like a really strange book then. Thanks for the heads-up. {nm} Jan 16, 14:01
They're not books people read for fun. Even Literature students dread them. {nm} Jan 15, 16:15
Thanks very much for that information and those links. :) {nm} Jan 15, 21:11
I disagree: Crime is something I read as a teen and loved. Nothing difficult about it. Stop stereotyping it. {nm} Jan 18, 11:43
All of the above. {nm} Jan 15, 13:48
Well at present I'm still trying to figure out what kind of books like that I'd be interested in. Jan 15, 18:12
Pride & Prejudice {nm} Jan 15, 19:48
Thanks for the suggestion. I've never read that one before, I'll have to check it out. {nm} Jan 16, 19:19
"Dune", "Dune Messiah", "Children of Dune", and if you're bored, "Chapter House". I consider them classics. {nm} Jan 17, 22:10
How can I forget, "God Emperor of Dune". {nm} Jan 17, 22:15