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Which version of Ulysses would /lit/ recommend? Every other one claims to be the "definitive" or "unabridged" one.

Pic is the one I'm borrowing.

>> No.6469902

>>6469897
Vintage

The one that has the letter from joyce and all the original text the way it's supposed to be (no chapter names wtf is that shit anyways?) and notes on the pages indicating text that had been removed when it was censored.

>> No.6469920

While we are at it, what about Dubliners? Will any edition do fine?

>> No.6469929

>>6469920
Finnegan's Wake too, since we're here anyway.

>> No.6469934

>>6469920

the penguin centennial one has nice notes and tells you what characters are in both Dubliners and Ulysses but it looks like shit lol

>> No.6469937

>>6469897
>borrowing
you don't borrow that, you have to own it

>> No.6469959

>>6469920
For the most part, but I have an older Viking edition and it's riddled with typos, especially in The Dead.

Get one with annotations ideally, but as opposed to the other works it's not essential.

>> No.6469962

>>6469937
capitalist scum

>> No.6469965

>>6469937
>muh materialism

>> No.6469971

>>6469897
I read that copy it's pretty cool, I like that the text is small and the whole thing feels like a hieroglyph you have to decipher.

Proceed hastefully, anon.

>> No.6470029

>>6469959
Do you have the Joyce Collection Viking?

>> No.6470037
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>> No.6470047

There doesn't seem to be any real consensus so far, so I'm going with this
>>6469971
because I have the copy in my possession right now.

>> No.6470049

>>6470037
looks so ugly though

>> No.6470119

>>6469902
I have this one, don´t know much about english/american publishers (I am from Latin America) but I guess it´s good. Besides I bought it for like the equivalent of 1 dollar in a canadian couple Bazar.

>> No.6470153
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6470153

this is the best aesthetically and is the vintage edition so also the best text

>> No.6470203
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>>6470153
No, this is the vintage top tier

>> No.6470566

>>6469920
http://www.amazon.com/James-Joyces-Dubliners-Illustrated-Annotations/dp/0312117795
well worth it

>> No.6470579

>>6470566
Why would you need pictures for Dubliners?

>> No.6470591

>>6470579
it serves as a guide of the people and events, and a tour of all the places mentioned in the book
>too broke to visit Dublin myself

>> No.6470639

>>6470037
>Ummmmmmm this is what I think Joyce meant xDDD

No.

>> No.6470704

>>6469897
That's the one I have, and it reads just fine (as 'fine' as one can read Joyce, I suppose).

It's got an extensive list of supporting notes, as well as the schema thing which details each episode, the techniques used, the colour/symbol/etc etc

>> No.6470752

The 1934 Random House text is the best, I think.

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6470779

I have this version. Is it worth reading or should I sell it? I actually have the Penguin versions of Dubliners and APotAaaYM as well.

>> No.6471080

>>6470779
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_%28novel%29#List_of_Editions_in_print

Any of the ones based on the Odyssey Press, Bodley Head or Random House editions are fine. I believe the Penguin annotations are just based on Gifford's. Should be fine.

>> No.6471131

>>6469897
That one is riddled with typos, it was basically rushed the printer and is not good. The 1934 version is the best, I would say, has mistakes but is closest to being perfect and untainted. It was the definitive for a while until someone named Gabler made corrections and published a new one which is now the definitive for scholars but he made a lot of changes, some of them significant and many people have accused him of changing the meaning.

So since I'd rather read Joyce than Gabler, get the 1934 edition, not the 1922.

>> No.6471141

Alma Classics have started selling the 1939 text. Anyone know how it differs from the 1934 text?

>> No.6471216

>>6470153
>>6470203
These are both by Vintage. Do they differ in any way? Also how's the Everymans Library? All three of these are from Knopf so I'm wondering how they differ.

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>>6469897

I own this one, cover is pretty magnificent but not sure on the text.

>> No.6473299

>>6469897
If you want to facilitate your reading experience from an academic perspective (that is, you're actually 'reading' the text as opposed to merely skimming over it whilst not understanding half of the references), then I'd recommend the Gabler edition, which has line numbers. Also, I highly recommend to have as a companion book Ulysses Annotated, by Gifford. Also, keep an eye on Gilbert's schema. These three texts will help you locate and understand all the references.

Sincerely, someone who's actually studied Ulysses at university level.

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6473628

Vintage 1961 is the best.