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In Ulysses By James Joyce Is There A Random Word "enter"
I've been told that Joyce was reciting Ulysses to a secretary who was under instructions to write down everything he said. During reciting he was disturbed by a knock at the door where he replied "enter" This resulted in the random word of "enter" being included in the text. Having read/crawled through the book with my will for life diminishing, can anyone confirm if it is true or is it a myth. (I didn't read it for this purpose)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.According to Richard Ellmann's biography of Joyce, quoted at http:// www.our civilis ation.c om/smar tboard/ shop/an ecdtes/ c20/joy ce.htm, it was "Come in", not "Enter", in Finnegans Wake, not Ulysses, as dictated to Samuel Beckett.
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