
What we’re about
Love books? Love conversation? Come by the Natick Literature Group at Ten Trees Books in Natick Center. Each month, we’ll read a new book—from classics to contemporary—and share ideas that go beyond the surface.
Once a month, we’ll also be tackling Ulysses by James Joyce, chapter by chapter. It’s your chance to explore a literary masterpiece at your own pace, with a group that’s here for the fun.
No pretension, just a love for reading and good conversation in a welcoming bookstore setting. Whether you’re a seasoned literary hipster or just curious, come and see where literature take us.
Ten Trees Books will be open late for our events.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Ulysses: Calypso & Lotus EatersTen Trees Books, Natick, MA
We'll be discussing the first two episodes of Part II informally known as Calypso and Lotus Eaters. They are around 14 pages and 16 pages, respectively, in most editions. Since most editions don't clearly show where the chapters begin, here is a breakdown:
Calypso begins with "Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish" and ends with "Poor Dignam!"
Lotus-Eaters begins with "By lorries along sir John Rogerson's quay Mr Bloom walked soberly, past Windmill lane, Leask's the linseed crusher, the postal telegraph office." and ends with "He saw his trunk and limbs riprippled over and sustained, buoyed lightly upward, lemonyellow: his navel, bud of flesh: and saw the dark tangled curls of his bush floating, floating hair of the stream around the limp father of thousands, a languid floating flower."• • • • • • •
Here are some extra links about Calypso & Lotus-Eaters if you are interested in going deeper:
Vladimir Nabokov's Lectures on...
Calypso: https://files.catbox.moe/7lh64s.pdf
Lotus-Eaters: https://files.catbox.moe/1b5eji.pdf☼
Frank Delaney's Re:Joyce Podcast...
Calypso is covered in 158 to 191.
Lotus-Eaters is 192 to 235.
These are available on Apple Podcasts.☼
The Joyce Project (Annotations with excellent photos)
Calypso: http://m.joyceproject.com/chapters/calypso.html
Lotus-Eaters: http://m.joyceproject.com/chapters/lotus.html☼
Jorn Barger's Annotations (only exists on an archive of his old blog site—there is no better resource for Joyce)
Calypso: https://web.archive.org/web/20080516041523/http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/ulysses/notes04.html
Lotus-Eaters: https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131129/http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/ulysses/notes05.html
General Portal: https://web.archive.org/web/20110606054055/http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/index.html☼
Don Gifford's Annotations...
Calypso: https://files.catbox.moe/ksu23e.pdf
Lotus-Eaters: https://files.catbox.moe/l44d6e.pdf☼
Joyce Images page for...
Calypso: https://joyceimages.com/episode/4/
Lotus-Eaters: https://joyceimages.com/episode/5/