You can't read Ulysses to yourself.
You have to read it out loud.

Try it. You'll look like a proper mental if you try it in public but it's the only way to make any sort of progress or any sort of sense.

In fact ... I suspect that about 40% of those we assume are homeless people with mental health and addiction problems are actually commuters who've got stuck on a particularly difficult passage.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 12:33, 2 replies)

There's no such thing as meth amphetamine
only people trying to get through Finnegan's Wake
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 12:37, closed)

Agreed.
The only way to get through Ulysses is to get a decent audiobook of it.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 12:55, closed)

Which is a task in and of itself!
I've downloaded two now, where the person speaking cocks up a few times and didn't re-record. If I wanted to hear someone screw up the reading of Ulysses I'd do it myself!
( guffguff fuckes your gradeds balls!, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 13:29, closed)

Or to shred it and use it as hamster bedding.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 16:22, closed)