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Tag Archives: Molly Bloom
The Books: “Ulysses” – the Penelope episode (James Joyce)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Ulysses (The Gabler Edition) – by James Joyce. So here’s where we are at so far: 1. (TELEMACHIA) Episode 1: The Telemachus Episode Episode 2: The Nestor Episode Episode 3: The Proteus episode 2. (THE … Continue reading
Waiting for Godot: Waiting, In General
I like this question a lot: What books or stories can you think of that importantly feature absent characters? The answers in the thread are cool, too. The first one that comes to mind, for me, is Ulysses – where … Continue reading
Fionnula’s Molly
I knew I could count on Mental Multivitamin for a gorgeous Bloomsday post. Fionnula Flanagan, a well-known Irish actress (maybe more so in Europe than here – she was one of the creepy dead in The Others) – has made … Continue reading
Bloomsday: “yes I said yes I will Yes”
The ending of the book Ulysses: (And here’s just a small story: a couple of years ago I went to a Bloomsday celebration at a bar in the financial district called, appropriately, Ulysses. During the day-long celebration, my friend Aedin … Continue reading
the rhododendrons on Howth
From Richard Ellmann’s biography James Joyce: Joyce had fixed upon June 16, 1904, as the date of Ulysses because it was the anniversary of his first walk with Nora Barnacle. He was able to obtain, perhaps on his last visit … Continue reading
Is Molly Bloom Nora?
Molly Bloom, the cuckolding wife of Leopold Bloom appears only at the very beginning of the book, cooking breakfast, and then she disappears for the entirety until her stupendous inner monologue which ends the book. And yet – Leopold is … Continue reading
yes I said yes I will Yes
And here is the ending of Molly’s 60-page run-on sentence that closes the book. If you read it out loud, it will become immediately clear what is going on, what she is doing: yes when I put the rose in … Continue reading
“Henceforth no sin”
Henry Miller: After the closing picture of Molly Bloom a-dreaming on her dirty bed we can say, as in Revelation — And there shall be no more curse! Henceforth no sin, no guilt, no fear, no repression, no longing, no … Continue reading
Literary Question:
from I Love Books. Who’s the best female literary character of all time? My first choice is Harriet the Spy. With Jane Eyre and Molly Bloom following close behind. Please discuss.
Thoroughly Modern Molly
The Guardian asked readers to send in their own versions of Molly Bloom’s run-on monologue that ends Ulysses – and here they are. These strike me as supremely funny. Yes because he never did a thing like that before to … Continue reading