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Ulysses
James Joyce · 1922
On a June day in 1904, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus move through Dublin separately and together, passing through shops, streets, pubs, libraries, and home. Joyce follows ordinary errands and encounters into a wide portrait of memory, friendship, and inner life.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 47 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Characters of Ulysses: Bloom, Dedalus, and Their Circle
The Characters of Ulysses: Teachers, Family, and Companions
The Cast: Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom, and Buck Mulligan
Dublin and the Bay
Martello Tower, SandycoveThe round tower stands above the shore at Sandycove.
Companions at the Martello Tower
A Morning at the TowerThe shave begins on the Martello roof.
Breakfast at Eccles StreetBloom tends the pan in the quiet kitchen.
This edition
- Title
- Ulysses
- Author
- James Joyce (1882–1941)
- First published
- 1922
- Illustrated plates
- 102 original artworks · 47 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 18 · about 265,581 words
- Reading time
- 17 h 42 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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