Thursday, 23 December 2021 (65.2)

The last reading stopped at: “waistbands.” (65.2)

Thursday, 16 December 2021 (64.3)

The last reading stopped at: “rock to Dulyn” (64.3)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 9 December 2021 (63.6)

The last reading stopped at: “gaeilish gall” (63.6)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 2 December 2021 (62.11)

The last reading stopped at: “I thee halter.” (62.11)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 25 November 2021 (61.1)

The last reading stopped at: “una mona.” (61.1)

Thanks, A.

Thursday, 18 November 2021 (53.36)

The last reading stopped at: “this fresky troterella!” (53.36)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 11 November 2021 (59.10)

The last reading stopped at: “uncained” (59.10)

Thanks to A., as always

Thursday, 4 November 2021 (57.29)

The last reading stopped at: “limper looser.” (57.29)

With thanks to A. as always

Thursday, 28 October 2021 (56.30)

The last reading stopped at: “Mr Melancholy Slow!” (56.30)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 21 October 2021 (55.30)

The last reading stopped at: “lustres of peins.” (55.30)

(With thanks to Marion)

Thursday, 14 October 2021 (54.23)

The last reading stopped at: “to goat it!” (54.23)

(Thanks, A.)

Thursday, 7 October 2021 (53.16)

The last reading stopped at: “the moonlit pinebarren.” (53.16)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 30 September 2021 (51.36)

The last reading stopped at: “tearts in store” (51.36)

Thursday, 23 September 2021 (50.14)

The last reading stopped at: “opine” (50.14)

Some favourite passages were:

1

2 What happened to Paul Horan and to Sordind Sam:

Poor old dear Paul Horan, to satisfy his literary as well as his criminal aspirations, at the suggestion thrown out by the doomster in loquacity lunacy, so says the Dublin Intelligence, was thrown into a Ridley's for inmates in the northern counties. Under the name of Orani he may have been the utility man of the troupe capable of sustaining long parts at short notice. He was. (49.15–21)

Sordid Sam, a dour decent deblancer, the unwashed, haunted always by his ham, the unwished, at a word from Israfel the Summoner, passed away painlessly after life's upsomdowns one hallowe'en night, ebbrous and in the state of nature, propelled from Behind into the great Beyond by footblows coulinclouted upon his oyster and atlas on behanged and behooved and behicked and behulked of his last fishandblood bedscrappers, a Northwegian and his mate of the Sheawolving class. (49.21–29)

With thanks to Ron

“the pitfallen gagged him as 'Promptboxer' (50.14)

Thursday, 16 September 2021 (49.15)

The last reading stopped at: “mouther-in-louth” (49.15)

One favourite passage was:

With thanks to A.

“queth their haven evermore” (49.11)

Thursday, 9 September 2021 (end of I.2)

The group has now reached the end of book I.2 (47.29).

One favourite passage was:

With thanks to A.

“When that frew gets a grip of old Earwicker” (47.15)

Thursday, 2 September 2021 (46.16)

The last reading stopped at: “the harbour bar.” (46.16) , end of third chorus

One favourite was:

“may the treeth we tale of live in stoney” (44.9)

Thursday, 26 August 2021 (43.27)

The last reading stopped at: “blew of the gaels” (43.27) 

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“the rimepress” (43.25)

Thursday, 19 August 2021 (42.29)

The last reading stopped at: “landwester guardian” (42.29)

One favourite was:

An accidental contemporary touch was perceived in: 

“a singleminded supercrowd, easily representative, what with masks, whet with faces, of all sections and cross sections” (42.22–23)

Thanks to A.

“roaratorios” (41.24)

Thursday, 12 August 2021 (41.18)

The last reading stopped at: “Ebblinn's chilled hamlet” (41.18)

Thanks A.

Thursday, 5 August 2021 (40.17)

The last reading stopped at: “no fixed abode” (40.17)

A favourite passage was:

“the wetter is pest, the renns are overt and come” (39.14)

“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone” (Bible, King James 2:11)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 26 July 2021 (39.11)

The last reading stopped at: “Winny Widger!” (39.11)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“in vinars venitas!” (38.25)

Thursday, 22 July 2021 (37.33)

The last reading stopped at: “senaffed and pibered him” (37.33)

A couple of favourite passages were:

1

2

With thanks to A. for the update.

“the twattering of bards” (37.17)

“Mr Shallwesigh or Mr Sahllwelaugh” (37.27)

Thursday, 15 July 2021 (36.20)

The last reading stopped at: “co-comeraid!” (36.20) 

One favourite passage was:

“his mirthday suit” (35.4)

Thursday, 8 July 2021 (35.1)

The last reading stopped at: “it is true.” (35.1)

One favourite passage was:

My thanks to A., as always.

“beard on prophet” (33.32)

Thursday, 1 July 2021 (33.21)

The last reading stopped at: “to be made.” (33.21) 

One favourite passage was:

With renewed thanks to A.

“Skertsiraizde with Donyahzade” (32.8)

Thursday, 24 June 2021 (32.2)

The last reading stopped at: “soon see.” (32.2)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A., as always.

“andrewpaulmurphyc narratives” (31.35)

Thursday, 17 June 2021 (29.36)

The last reading stopped at: “Edenborough.” (29.36) 

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“with a bumrush” (29.21)

Thursday, 10 June 2021 (29.2)

The last reading stopped mid-sentence at: “buaboabaybohm” (29.2)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A. for the update.

“To see is it smarts, full lengths or swaggers.” (28.20)

Thursday, 3 June 2021 (28.17)

The last reading stopped at: “post's gone by.” (28.17)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“Like the queenoveire.” (28.1) 

Thursday, 20 May 2021 (27.4)

The last reading stopped at: “lovearm knows.” (27.4) 

Thursday, 20 May 2021 (25.27)

The last reading stopped at: “Moylean Main.” (25.27)

One favourite was HCE's equipment to face the underworld:

With thanks to A. 

“pouch, gloves, flask, bricket, kerchief, ring and amberulla” (24.32)

Thursday, 13 May 2021 (24.25)

The last reading stopped at: “And the weather's that mean too.” (24.25) 

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 6 May 2021 (23.27)

The last reading stopped at: “their trompes” (23.27)

After the second 100-letter thunderword (23.5):

With thanks to A.

Perkodhuskurunbarggruauyagokgorlayorgromgremmitghundhurthrumathunaradidillifaititillibumullunukkunun! (23.5)

Thursday, 29 April 2021 (22.13)

The last reading stopped at: “in Erio.” (22.13) 

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for the update.

And spoke she to the dour in her petty perusienne (21.17)

But the dour handworded her grace in dootch nossow: Shut! (21.19)

And the prankquean nipped a paly one and lit up again (22.2)

Thursday, 22 April 2021 (20.23)

The last reading stopped at: “torytale to tell.” (20.23)

With thanks to A., as always.

Thursday, 15 April 2021 (19.19)

The last reading stopped at: “Racketeers and bottloggers.” (19.19)

Two of our favourites might also serve to characterize Finnegans Wake:

“When a part so ptee does duty for the holos we soon grow to use of an allforabit.” (18.36)

“What a mnice old mness it all mnakes! A middenhide hoard of objects!” (19.7)

Image found on American Reform. 

Visit the site to find more on the 20th century American Reform Movement.

With thanks to A. for the update

Thursday, 8 April 2021 (18.16)

The last reading stopped at: “thing mud.” (18.16)

A couple of favourites were:

1

2

With thanks to A.

Gut aftermeal! See you doomed. (17.16)

litters from aloft (17.28)

 

Thursday, 1 April 2021 (16.35)

The last reading stopped at: “one dabblin bar.” (16.35) 

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

Here have sylvan coyne (16.30)

Thursday, 25 March 2021 (15.15)

Easter 2021: The reading will continue over Easter. The group is convening as usual on April 1, Maundy Thursday (Gründonnerstag).

The last reading stopped at: “pollyfool fiansees.” (15.15) 

With thanks, as always, to A.

Thursday, 18 March 2021 (13.28)

The last reading stopped at: “(Succoth)” (13.28) 

One favourite was:

With thanks to A. for the update.

And so. And all. (Succoth.) (13.28)

Thursday, 11 March 2021 (12.17)

The last reading stopped at: “cocked by a hin.” (12.17) 

Some favourites were:

1

“there'll be iggs for the brekkers come to mournhim, sunny side up with care.” (12.14)

2

3

“to steal our historic presents from the past postpropheticals” (11.30)

The following illustrations show the way in which people living in 1900 imagined the year 2000 to be. Seen from today's point of view, we may be looking at some “past postpropheticals”:

The rural postman

Weather control machine

Video phone

School

Sticks of glowing radium for your fireplace

Find more images on Paleo-Future.

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 4 March 2021 (11.13)

The last reading stopped at: “plunderpussy” (11.13) 

Thursday, 25 February 2021 (9.36)

The last reading stopped at: “Dalaveras fimmieras!” (9.36)

One favourite passage was:

With thanks to A.

“Voutre.” (9.14)

Thursday, 18 February 2021 (9.9)

The last reading stopped at: “git the band up.” (9.9)

One favourite passage was:

With thanks to A.

Assaye, assaye! (8.26)

Thursday, 11 February 2021 (7.25)

The last reading stopped at: “pinnyweight” (7.25)

One favourite passage was:

the brontoichthyan form outlined aslumbered (7.20)

Thursday, 4 February 2021 (6.28)

The last reading stopped at: “fuddled, O!” (6.28)

You'll be doing this at your own risk but, if you're not afraid of being stuck with yet another earworm for a good while, click here, or on the musical notes below, to listen to a rendering of the song “Phil the Fluter's Ball” by Ronnie Dew:

With thanks to A. for the update.

Thursday, 28 January 2021 (5.24)

The last reading stopped at: “flyday” (5.24)

One favourite passage was:

Comeday morm ... (5.19)

Thursday, 21 January 2021 (4.17)

The group has just started a new round of Finnegans Wake. It stopped the reading at: “phoenish.” (4.17)

A couple of favourite passages were:

1

2

With thanks to A. for the update.

the regginbrow (3.14)

the pftjschute of Finnegan (3.19)

Thursday, 14 January 2021 (“a long the”)

The reading group at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation has just completed its third round of Finnegans Wake. It is starting a new round of the book right away on Thursday, 21 January 2021.

The Thursday Wake readings with Fritz Senn began in 1986 and are open to anybody curious enough to want to give the book a try.

To give ALP the last word for the time being, click here to see a PDF of the list below.