Finnegans Wake
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First edition
By James Joyce
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First publication
1988
Literature form
Novel
Genres
Literary
Writing language
English
Author's country
Ireland
Length
Approx. 307,000 words
Notable lines
riverrun, past Eve and Adams, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth, Castle and Environs.
— First line
In the name of Annah the Allmaziful, the Everliving, the Bringer of Plurabilities, haloed be her eve, her singtime sung, her rill be run, unhemmed as it is uneven!
Quoiquoiquoiquoiquoiquoi-quoiq!
Sleep, where in the waste is the wisdom?
Be sage about sausages!
A way a lone a last a loved a long the
— Last line
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