[SamAdams76]

Ulysses, now celebrating its centenary, has grown in importance over the past 100 years, during which it has repeatedly been declared one of — if not the — greatest novels of the 20th century.

It may also be the greatest unread novels of the 20th Century. So many people have that book in their library still in mint condition because the pages were barely opened.

It's the kind of book people like to have to show others how sophisticated and well-read they are.

Another book in that category might be "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace. I got 40 pages into it before I shelved it forever. I think the footnotes alone in that book are longer than most other books. Maybe I'll make another attempt when I retire.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***It’s the kind of book people like to have to show others how sophisticated and well-read they are. ***

My thoughts exactly. Write something unreadable then foist it on your students. Probably why so many College professors have it. Wonder if even they have ever tried read it.

No, I have not read it and don’t intent to. HOMER’s Ulysses is the one I care to read about. The Iliad, Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid are great!