Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. β¨ James Joyce (2016). The Complete Works of James Joyce: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry, Essays & Letters: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finneganβs Wake, Dubliners, The Cat and the Devil, Exiles, Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, Stephen Hero, Giacomo Joyce, Critical Writings & more, p.3562, e-artnow
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