(U) Ulysses, “Wandering Rocks,” Episode 10~pp 216-51.

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  Episode References from Stuart Gilbert’s James Joyce’s Ulysses

  • Title: Wandering Rocks
  • Scene: The Streets
  • Time: 3 p.m.
  • Organ: Blood
  • Art: Mechanics
  • Colour: (none)
  • Symbol: Citizens
  • Technic: Labyrinth

Crushing Quotes among Many Favorites

The gay sweet chirping whistling within went on a bar or two, ceased. The blind of the window was drawn aside. A card Unfurnished Apartments slipped from the sash and fell. A plump bare generous arm shone, was seen, held forth from a white petticoatbodice and taut shiftstraps. A woman’s hand…. He swung himself forward in vigorous jerks, halted, lifted his head towards a window and bayed deeply: —home and beauty. ~The Wounded Veteran’s Tribute to Molly

—God! he cried. I forgot to tell him that one about the earl of Kildare after he set fire to Cashel cathedral. You know that one? I’m bloody sorry I did it, says he, but I declare to God I thought the archbishop was inside. He mightn’t like it, though. What? God, I’ll tell him anyhow. That was the great earl, the Fitzgerald Mor. ~The Tale Untold to Reverend Love

—Where did you try? Boody asked. —M’Guinness’s. Boody stamped her foot and threw her satchel on the table. —Bad cess to her big face! she cried. ~ The Dedalus Girls Talk Business

—But wait till I tell you, he said. We had a midnight lunch too after all the jollification and when we sallied forth it was blue o’clock the morning after the night before. ~Lenehan  

What’s Important?

The attached WordCloud created courtesy of WordCloud.com shows the incidence of important words appearing in the post about this episode. Frequency may signify importance. copyright @ don ward, 2020

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