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James Joyce

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Irish novelist and poet who was born in Rathgar, Dublin in the Republic of Ireland and he managed to pass away far from his birthplace, specifically in Switzerland. Many people known James Joyce as a result of Ulysses, a story that managed to modernize Homer's Odyssey.


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Quote Left When I heard the word stream uttered with such a revolting primness, what I think of is urine and not the contemporary novel. And besides, it isn't new, it is far from the dernier cri. Shakespeare used it continually, much too much in my opinion, and there's Tristam Shandy, not to mention the Agamemnon. Quote Right
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Quote Left Heart of my heart, were it more, More would be laid at your feet. Quote Right
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Quote Left Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. Quote Right
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Quote Left If the Irish programme did not insist on the Irish language I suppose I could call myself a nationalist. As it is, I am content to recognize m... Quote Right
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Quote Left I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things