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Facetious
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Age: 25
Location: Somewhere you've never been 
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 16:16
- Post subject: Finnegans Wake
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So, what is your opinion of this particular book by James Joyce? Any thoughts? If you read it, how was your experience? Was it awful? Enjoyable? Weird? Whatever it was, you can share it all here!
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Facetious
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Location: Somewhere you've never been
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 16:17
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Personally, I've never read more than a few parts of it, but I plan to read the whole thing soon.
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Location: Paris, France 
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 18:23
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| Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote: | | Personally, I've never read more than a few parts of it, but I plan to read the whole thing soon. |
I've been telling myself this for the last ten years.
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 20:19
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I'll get to it when I finish Ulysses. If I'm already not going to understand it, I may as well try to get an understanding of Joyce as a whole first.
Plus, Ulysses is (so far) an awesome read.
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 20:26
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Joyce was a interesting writer and Dubliners is a delight but i really cant be bothered with such a self regarding book as Finnegans Wake,its like trying to decipher a code and Joyce asks too much of his readers,would rather spent my time with a Shaw play a fellow Irishman whos very neglected nowdays.
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Jackwc
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 21:51
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I've never finished a Joyce novel (aside from his poetry collections) :lol:
I always start, get halfway through and then shelve it, never to read it again. I just never get all that into them.
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Location: Paris, France
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 22:38
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| Jackwc wrote: | I've never finished a Joyce novel (aside from his poetry collections) 
I always start, get halfway through and then shelve it, never to read it again. I just never get all that into them. |
Try Ulysses again. It's a great read. The last part alone is a masterpiece in itself, if you can't get down to reading the whole book, try the last part, it's so incredibly beautiful.
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- Posted: 12/30/2011 23:42
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Dubliners or Artist are also great places to start, beautiful and accessible works both of them.
Max: I love Shaw. Do you like Synge's plays too?
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- Posted: 12/31/2011 01:40
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yes weedygonsalez Playboy of the Western World is very good and i've read all his collected plays,Shaw in some ways hasnt aged well as his plays dealt with contemporary issues but many of his ideas and themes are universal and timeless,my favour shaw play simply for the comedy it contains is Arms and the Man.
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- Posted: 12/31/2011 03:43
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I haven't read too much Shaw, just the requisite amount for class, really, but John Bull's Other Island is one of my favorite plays just for its remarkable character work alone.
In fact, I think I'll go buy a big e-book anthology of all his plays right now.
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