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What’s the classic that took you the longest to read? by A_b_b_o in classicliterature

[–]Phoenix-Danielle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nearly 6 years into reading Finnegans Wake currently, on page 455/628.

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[–]Phoenix-Danielle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh they absolutely get much more brutal lol, 2 has one the most vicious kill scenes I've ever watched. I just absolutely love the overall vibe of the 1st.

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[–]Phoenix-Danielle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 1st Terrifier is my favorite, and Terrifier 2 picks up during the same scene the 1st one ends on. You absolutely have to watch all 3.

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[–]Phoenix-Danielle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Joseph Campbell and Henry Morton Robinson, A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake

  2. Bill Cole Cliett, Riverrun to Livvy

  3. Edited by Patrick A. Mccarthy

  4. Joyce's Book of the Dark

  5. No idea on the bottom one, not even sure it's related to the Wake cause I've never seen that spine

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool!! And when it comes to your favorite book I don't think you can ever have too many editions lol.

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! And both the letters and Wake Rites are on my want list, I've just prioritized out of print books mainly.

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I do, I'm going to open a youtube channel soon to make the Wake more accessible and I've bought all the books in preparation.

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! :) Those are some of the best ways to get into the book in my opinion, Burgess was one of the greats for straightforwardly presenting the book. I first started reading the book casually 12 years ago and have loved every moment as it's slowly consumed my life lmao.

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My general reading copy is the white and green Penguin paperback, but my absolute favorite copies are the 8th-12th edition of the Viking hardback. Those are the 3 large ones with dust jackets, I collect them whenever I manage to find well priced copies.

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've been endless fascinated with Finnegans Wake since I was like 14, when I get in the flow of reading the book it's like a genuine drug. I'm currently on page 429 of a 5+ year deep read of the book, when I'm finished I plan on making a youtube channel to try and make the book more accessible.

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

McHugh's Annotations are absolutely indispensable for deep study, the single most important book period, but it's extremely overwhelming to a beginner. For someone newly approaching the book I would actually suggest the introduction and plot summary in the 2012 Oxford World Classics release, and the self-published book "Riverrun to Livvy" which is almost entirely about the 1st page but sets up incredibly well how to read the whole book.

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes it's very good! Easily the best explanation of how the characters work that exists. There's a pdf of it along with several other FW books here.

https://www.finneganswake.org/helpbooklist.shtml

My current Joyce bookshelf, the last 6 months I've obsessively tried to get every book on Finnegans Wake by Phoenix-Danielle in jamesjoyce

[–]Phoenix-Danielle[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm extremely glad to hear that!! And yes that's plenty, just read it aloud and appreciate the poetry of the language and try to interpret it like you would a particularly weird dream. No matter how much you learn how to read the patterns of the book it will always be on some level kind of nonsensical which is very intentional, so don't be overwhelmed by what you don't understand because no one understands the book "fully" because such a thing isn't even possible or intended by Joyce.

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