In honor of Bloomsday, June 16, 1904, the day on which James Joyce's Ulysses is set, chosen because it was the day he met his future wife, Nora, I thought I should post a short quotation. In honor of MoM, I have chosen the first paragraph of chapter four, in which we are introduced to Leopold Bloom, who is to become the main character of the book.
*Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.
This is a lovely and beautiful book set on a lovely and beautiful day. Go and enjoy it!
*Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.
This is a lovely and beautiful book set on a lovely and beautiful day. Go and enjoy it!
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