Ulysses

“Every life is in many days day after day. We walk through ourselves meeting robbers ghosts giants old men young men wives widows brothers-in-love but always meeting ourselves.” ― James Joyce Ulysses Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce tells the story of its three central characters—Leopold Bloom a Jewish advertisement salesman; Blooms wife Molly a sensual and independent woman; and Stephen Dedalus an arrogant young intellectual taken by Bloom under his wing—the modern equivalents of Ulysses (Odysseus) Penelope and Telemachus respectively from Homer’s epic poem Odyssey. The book observes Leopold Bloom as he goes from place to place in Dublin from 8 a.m. until 3 a.m. on June 16 1904. The events of the novel loosely resemble Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War in Homers epic.