Ulysses

NOTE: Because of the nature of this project, there was a bending of usual LibriVox procedures: pub-like background noise was encouraged, as well as group readings; and no editing was required, so in places there may be some accidental variation from the original text ... Listener be warned!

Here is some more information about the genesis of the LibriVox Ulysses project. (Summary by Hugh McGuire)

Still one of the most radical novels of the 20th Century, James Joyce's Ulysses is considered to have ushered in the era of the modern novel. Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, the book follows Leopold Bloom and a number of other characters through an ordinary day, twenty four hours, in Dublin, on June 16, 1904. The text is dense and difficult, but perfectly suited to an oral reading, filled with language tricks, puns and jokes, stream of consciousness, and bawdiness.

Full cast list for sections 15f and 15g:

Character identifications read by Chip

Read by: Kirsten Ferreri and Max Porter Zasada

Bloom read by David Barnes

Stephen read by Alex Foster

Kitty read by Kristin LeMoine

Florry read by Alessia

Zoe read by Catharine Eastman

Lynch read by Stephan Möbius

Bella, list of names, and sundry characters read by Kymm Zuckert

Marion read by Nikolle Doolin

Boylan read by Rainer

Private Carr read by Matthew Shepherd

Private Compton read by Seth Woodworth

Cissy Caffrey read by Kara Shallenberg

Maginni read by Hugh Mcguire

The Mother read by Cynthia Lyons

Additional sundry characters and background voices:

Peter Yearsley, Martin Clifton, Stephan Möbius, Kymm Zuckert, Ted Delorme, Hajduk, John Greenman, Tina Tilney, Annie Coleman, The Good Reverend Doctor, Mark F. Smith, Esther, Cecilia, Gesine, Anita Roy Dobbs, Kristin LeMoine, Catharine Eastman, Peter Eastman

The ten segments were edited as follows:

1st, 5th, and 6th segments with The Woods, The Dance, and The Ghost, were edited by Anita Roy Dobbs;

2nd and 4th segments with The Brothel and The Race were edited and sound designed by Stephan Möbius;

3rd and 10th segments with The Affair and The End were edited by Gesine;

7th segment, with The Chase, was edited by The Good Reverend Doctor;

8th and 9th segments, with The Kings and The Fight, were edited and sound designed by annelika.