07-20-2004, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Lilith
The letter is exceptional in part because of Joyce's well-known distaste for obscene comments or jokes, Sotheby's said.
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I've heard this mentioned in other news stories & I don't get it. Ulysses was charged with obscenity back in the day, IIRC. I think the letter would be great to read but I wasn't shocked by the smut (more like intrigued).  |