Joyce, James. Ulysses. Dover Publications. Originally damned as obscure and obscene, Joyce's masterpiece now stands as one of the great literary achievements of the 20th century. Loosely based on the Odyssey, it follows Leopold Bloom and other Dubliners through a seemingly ordinary summer day and night in 1904—a typical day, transformed by Joyce's narrative powers into an epic celebration of life. An unabridged republication of the original Shakespeare and Company edition, published in Paris by Sylvia Beach, 1922. 752 pages. Paperback. keywords: Literature Ireland. 9780486474700