On 11 October 1904 Joyce and Nora Barnacle arrived in Zurich. Joyce and Nora Barnacle had eloped from Dublin together on 8 October and travelled to Zurich where Joyce expected to fill a vacancy at the Berlitz School. On 9 October they arrived in London and Joyce left Nora waiting in a park while […]
Berlitz School
On this day…17 September
On 17 September 1904 Joyce heard of a vacancy at a Berlitz School on the continent. Joyce had answered an advertisement from an agency that was offering to find places for teachers, and on 17 September he heard that there was a position waiting for him at a Berlitz School on the continent. Joyce made […]
On this day…30 December
On 30 December 1921 Joyce wrote to Alessandro Francini Bruni. Francini Bruni was planning to give a lecture on Joyce in Trieste in February 1922 and had written to Joyce asking for specific bits of information that he wanted. Joyce later considered Francini Bruni’s lecture as an act of betrayal. Alessandro Francini Bruni had been […]
On this day…20 October
On 20 October 1904 Joyce arrived in Trieste for the first time. Having accidentally left the train at Laibach (Ljubljana) on 19 October, Joyce and Nora finally arrived in Trieste on 20 October 1904. Joyce was expecting to find a job waiting for him at the Berlitz School there, but as it turned out there […]
