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>Joyce never intended for the book to only be read by university professors - he was a man of the people and intended for the book to be read by ordinary people.

Honestly, he intended the work to be read aloud publicly, in the same vein of epic storytelling as The Odyssey. There's even a recording of him reading a few pages, it's absolutely mesmerizing: https://youtu.be/ZhW0TrzWGmI

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I saw a production of Ulysses twice in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin on two separate runs. I had already read the book, but seeing it performed was a completely different experience, like seeing a Shakespeare text performed in film or on stage. Similarly, I saw an adaptation of the Cyclops episode in the New Theatre, which was incredible. I know Ulysses is unfilmable, but I'd like to see someone like Paul Thomas Anderson try.

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