Super Short Summary

Ulysses by James Joyce, adapted loosely from Homer’s The Odyssey, details a single day in Dublin, June 16, 1904, exploring the lives of multiple characters, primarily Stephen Dedalus, a struggling teacher and artist, and Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertising agent. As their paths cross through various events and personal reflections, the novel depicts their complex inner lives, thoughts, and experiences in a stream-of-consciousness style. The book contains references to miscarriage, child death, suicide, blackface, and antisemitism.