On 3 August 1938 Joyce paid Eugene Jolas 1000 francs for guessing the name of his book. From the time he started work on what became Finnegans Wake, Joyce had kept the title of his book secret. On 2 August Eugene Jolas correctly guessed the name and the following day Joyce paid him 1000 francs, […]
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On this day…2 August
On 2 August 1923 Joyce sent a sketch about ‘St Patrick and the Druid’ to Harriet Weaver for typing. This was one of a small number of sketches that Joyce asked Weaver to type for him while he was holidaying at Bognor in the south of England. In 1938 it was finally incorporated into Book […]