Book of the Week | James Joyce – A Biography: Episode 3

Based on Ulysses by James Joyce

Exile leads to Rome which is not an idyll but all 'Pprrpffrrppff' to James Joyce. So it's back to Trieste. With Andrew Scott.

Further Information

Book of the Week | James Joyce - A Biography

Book of the Week | James Joyce - A Biography: Episode 1

2011 | 13'37''

Joyce's early life in Dublin, full of japes with friends and then an eye to exile. Narrated by Jim Norton with Andrew...

Book of the Week | James Joyce - A Biography: Episode 2

2011 | 13'31''

In Trieste, Joyce's literary ambitions are at odds with the need to eke out a living. Narrated by Jim Norton with And...

Book of the Week | James Joyce - A Biography: Episode 3

2011 | 13'36''

Exile leads to Rome which is not an idyll but all 'Pprrpffrrppff' to James Joyce. So it's back to Trieste. With Andre...

Book of the Week | James Joyce - A Biography: Episode 4

2011 | 13'38''

In 1914, as war looms, exile now means the artistic haven of Zurich, as Joyce focuses on writing Ulysses. With Andrew...

Book of the Week | James Joyce - A Biography: Episode 5

2011 | 13'31''

In 1919, Margaret Anderson, Harriet Weaver and Sylvia Beach make determined efforts in helping Joyce to publish Ulyss...

Other Archive resources

Ulysses | BBC Radio 4 | 2012

James Joyce's Ulysses | Part 7: From a Cabman's Shelter, to Eccles Street and Home

It is well after midnight when Bloom takes Stephen home and offers him cocoa. In bed, Molly Bloom lies and muses, winding up the threads of the day. Contains strong language.

Ulysses | BBC Radio 4 | 2012

James Joyce's Ulysses | Part 6: From Sandymount Beach at Evening, to the Maternity Hospital, and into Nighttown

Between 8.00pm and the hour after midnight. Bloom rescues Stephen from a street brawl outside Bella Cohen's brothel. Contains strong language.