Finnegans Wake on Thursdays
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Reading Groups
Thursday, 25 May 2023 (153.21)
Please note: There will be no reading this coming Thursday, June 1, due to the Friends annual meeting. The next Finnegans Wake reading will be held on June 8.
The last reading stopped at: “A Gripes!” (154.6)
One favourite was:
Sunday, 14 May 2023
Thursday, 11 May 2023 (152.34)
Please note: There will be no reading on Thursday, 18 May (Ascension Day). The next reading will be held on 25 May 2023.
The last reading stopped at: “every inch of an immortal.” (152.34)
Sunday, 7 May 2023
Thursday, 4 May 2023 (151.24)
The last reading stopped at: “Tyro a toray!” (151.24)
With thanks to A.
Saturday, 29 April 2023
Saturday, 22 April 2023
Sunday, 16 April 2023
Sunday, 9 April 2023
Thursday, 6 April 2023 (145.20)
The last reading stopped at: “spill me swooning.” (145.20)
One favourite passage was:
With thanks to Frances Ilmberger
“my sighs in shockings” (144.21)
Monday, 3 April 2023
Thursday, 30 March 2023 (144.13)
Saturday, 25 March 2023
Thursday, 23 March 2023 (143.2)
The last reading stopped at: “one man more.” (143.2)
With thanks to A.
Saturday, 18 March 2023
Thursday, 16 March 2023 (141.33)
The last reading stopped at: “by me midden name Tik.”
With thanks to A.
Saturday, 11 March 2023
Thursday, 9 March 2023 (140.36)
The last reading stopped at: “in the gaarden.” (140.36)
One favourite was:
“combarative embottled history” (140.33)
Saturday, 4 March 2023
Thursday, 2 March 2023 (139.6)
Monday, 27 February 2023
Thursday, 23 February 2023 (137.33)
The last reading stopped at: “minds of jugoslaves” (137.33)
One favourite was:
With thanks to A.
“hires a towhorse to haul his shoes” (137.27)
Sunday, 19 February 2023
Thursday, 16 February 2013 (136.26)
Saturday, 11 February 2023
Sunday, 5 February 2023
Thursday, 2 February 2023 (134.9)
The last reading reading stopped at, “tre to uno tips the scale” (134.9)
The opportunity to drink a generous toast to celebrate the writer's 141st birthday was not missed, of course.
With thanks to A.
Saturday, 28 January 2023
Thursday, 26 January 2023 (133.29)
The last reading stopped at: “publicly to brigstoll” (133.29)
One favourite passage was:
Saturday, 21 January 2023
Monday, 16 January 2023
Sunday, 8 January 2023
Sunday, 25 December 2022
Thursday, 22 December 2022 (128.19)
Please note: There will be no reading on 29 December. The next reading will be held on Thursday, 5 January 2023
The last reading stopped at: “he smokes at both ends” (128.19)
One favourite was:
With thanks to A.
“Cerisia Cerosia” (128.14)
Saturday, 17 December 2022
Sunday, 11 December 2022
Sunday, 4 December 2022
Thursday, 1 December 2022 (122.6)
The last reading stopped at: “a general amnesia of misnomering one's own” (122.6)
A couple of favourites were:
1
2
With thanks to A. for the update
Monday, 28 November 2022
Thursday, 17 November 2022
Reading cancelled (Nov 17)
Please note that the reading of Thursday, 17 November 2022 had to be cancelled at short notice.
The next reading is scheduled for Thursday, 24 November.
Saturday, 12 November 2022
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
Tuesday, 1 November 2022
Friday, 21 October 2022
Thursday, 20 October 2022 (112.27)
The last reading stopped at: “looked at literature.” (112.27)
Sunday, 16 October 2022
Saturday, 8 October 2022
Thursday, 6 October 2022 (108.28)
The last reading stopped at: “dinkum oil” (108.28)
One favourite was:
Sunday, 2 October 2022
Thursday, 29 September 2022 (107.18)
The last reading stopped at: “flore to flore” (107.18)
one favourite was:
With thanks to Marion
“now frond of sugars, then lief of saults” (107.15)
Saturday, 24 September 2022
Thursday, 22 September 2022 (106.24)
The last reading stopped at: “Howke Cotchme Eye” (106.24)
With thanks to Marion.
Sunday, 18 September 2022
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Monday, 5 September 2022
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Thursday, 25 August 2022 (100.36)
The last reading stopped at: “fronds of Ulma!” (100.36)
One favourite was:
With thanks to Ron
“and then thirsty p.m.” (100.17)
Saturday, 20 August 2022
Thursday, 18 August 2022 (99.25)
The last reading stopped at: “moliamordhar mansion” (99.25)
One favourite was: “Jams jarred.” (98.19)
With thanks to Ron and Marion.
Sunday, 14 August 2022
Thursday, 11 August 2022 (98.17)
The last reading stopped at: “by the Maker.” (98.17)
Favourite passages were:
1
“the great shipping mogul and underlinen overlord.” (97.24)
and:
2
With thanks to Ron.
Saturday, 30 July 2022
Thursday, 28 July 2022 (97.2)
Please note:
Due to the annual Workshop held at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation, there will be no reading next week, August 4. The next reading will take place on Thursday, 11 August 2022.
The last reading stopped at: “View!” (97.2)
One favourite passage was:
“the languish of flowers” (96.11)
Saturday, 23 July 2022
Sunday, 17 July 2022
Thursday, 14 July 2022 (94.19)
The last reading stopped at: “tell me then!” (94.19)
One favourite was:
“Ena milo melomon, frai is frau and swee is too, swee is two when swoo is free, ana mala woe is we!” (94.14)
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Sunday, 10 July 2022
Monday, 4 July 2022
Saturday, 25 June 2022
Thursday, 23 June 2022 (90.14)
The last reading stopped at: “the pussykitties.” (90.14)
With thanks to A.
Sunday, 19 June 2022
Readings back on site
The next reading will take place on Thursday, 23 June, picking up from “threehatted ladder?” (89.31).
Note: The Foundation will be trying out a mixed format of on-site and on-line sessions. Readers who wish to return to Augustinergasse 9 for on-site readings can do so as of June 23 (7 pm). All others are more than welcome to carry on attending the readings via Zoom.
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Thursday, 9 June 2022 (89.31)
Please note: Due to this year's Bloomsday celebrations, there will be no reading on Thursday, 16 June. The next reading will take place on 23 June 2022.
The last reading stopped at: “threehatted ladder?” (89.31)
Monday, 6 June 2022
Thursday, 2 June 2020 (88.20)
The last reading stopped at: “Iguines.” (88.20)
One favourite was the “cross-grained trapper” ...
With thanks to Ron.
Saturday, 21 May 2022
Thursday, 19 May 2022 (87.22)
Please note that there will be no reading in Thursday, 26 May 2022.
The last reading stopped at: “hair in twoways” (87.22)
One favourite was:
With thanks to Ron
“the gentleman ratepayer” (86.27)
Monday, 16 May 2022
Thursday, 12 May 2022 (86.20)
The last reading stopped at: “mudstorm” (86.20)
One favourite was: the prisoner wearing,
With thanks to Ron
Saturday, 7 May 2022
Thursday, 5 May 2022 (84.36)
The last reading stopped at: “El Don De Dunelli” (84.36)
One favourite, apart from the hispanicized gift to women himself ...
... was:
With thanks to Fritz
“jugglemonkysh agripment deinderivative” (84.15)
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Thursday, 28 April 2022 (83.30)
The last reading stopped at: “friend's leave.” (83.30)
One favourite passage was:
“I'd know you anywhere, Declaney, let me truthfully tell you in or out of the lexinction of life and who the hell else, be your blanche patch on the boney part!” (83.24)
Perhaps suggestive of someone being recognised by his monks tonsure?
With thanks to Ron
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Thursday, 21 April 2022 (83.5)
The last reading stopped at: “Heart alive!” (83.5)
One favourite passage was: “The boarder incident prerepeated itself.” (81.33)
For a great discussion of this passage, watch Terence Killeen's presentation The Boarder Incident Prerepeated Itself: A Study in Conflict. You'll hear his remarks on the different meanings of the word “boarder” and numerous further insightful comments.
Sunday, 17 April 2022
Thursday, 14 April 2022 (81.17)
The last reading stopped at: “(Beneathere! Benathere!)” (81.17)
One favourite was:
“every morphyl man of us” (80.22)
Sunday, 10 April 2022
Thursday, 7 April 2022 (80.12)
The last reading stopped at: “a most envolving description.” (80.12)
One favourite as:
With thanks to A.
“dumplan as she nosed it” (79.29)
Sunday, 3 April 2022
Thursday, 31 March 2022 (79.23)
The last reading stopped at: “pettest of all. (Tip!)” (79.23)
One favourite was:
Thanks to A.
”Venuses were gigglibly temptatrix, vulcans guffawably eruptious”
Monday, 28 March 2022
Thursday, 24 March 2022 (78.31)
The last reading stopped at: “... every time, ...” (78.31)
One favourite was:
“Because the druiven were muskating at the door.” (78.24)
Monday, 21 March 2022
Thursday, 17 March 2022 (77.36)
The last reading stopped at: “wandelingswight” (77.36)
(Thanks to A.)
Saturday, 12 March 2022
Monday, 7 March 2022
Thursday, 3 March 2022 (76.9)
The last reading stopped at: “the ealth of the ole.” (76.9)
(Thanks A.)
Saturday, 26 February 2022
Thursday, 24 February 2022 (74.12)
The reading stopped at: “gets the pullover on his boots.” (74.12)
One favourite was:
With thanks to A.
“Animadiabolum, mene credidisti mortuum?” (74.8)
Saturday, 19 February 2022
Thursday, 17 February 2022 (73.17)
The last reading stopped at: “bandol eer his solgier, ...” (73.17)
One favourite was:
With thanks to A.
“they bit goodbyte to their thumb” (73.16)
Sunday, 13 February 2022
Thursday, 10 February 2022 (72.14)
The last reading continued with the list of abusive names and stopped at: “Phallusaphist” (72.14)
One favourite was:
Saturday, 5 February 2022
Thursday, 3 February 2022 (71.22)
The last reading stopped at: “Terry Cotter” (71.22).
One favourite from the long list “of all abusive names he was called”: