On 24 September 1926 Joyce suggested to Harriet Weaver that she might commission a piece for his Work in Progress. Joyce was writing from the Hôtel Astoria & Claridge in Brussels where he was staying as part of his tour of Belgium, taking in Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels as well as visiting the site of […]
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On this day…8 November
On 8 November 1926 Joyce updated Harriet Weaver on progress with her ‘order.’ At Joyce’s suggestion, Harriet Weaver had commissioned a piece of writing from him at the end of September. The piece was to become the opening paragraphs of Finnegans Wake, and Joyce wrote to her on 8 November 1926 to tell her how […]