Thursday, 7 January 2021 (627.21)

The last reading stopped at: “letting on to meself always.” (627.21)

One favourite passage was:

This blog never tries to explain Joyce's text, but merely to illustrate some of its passages. It is breaking with tradition, then, to add the following, but the Edwardian ad may be worth doing so:

John Gordon notes that, in Joyce's time, “belladonna juice was a cosmetic for dilating the pupils and enhancing the eyes. Both women and men used it when they wanted to make an effect” (John Gordon's Finnegans Wake Blog).

Found on: https://my-ear-trumpet.tumblr.com/page/10