Finnegans Wake (James Joyce) is only one book, and took 17 years!

…ewrites and pauses, it was published in 1954. Granted, The Lord of the Rings is really …ewrites and pauses, it was published in 1954. Granted, The Lord of the Rings is really three books. Still it took 16 years to publication.
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Kimberly Carlson Aesara
Dr. Casey Lawrence
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Mar 11, 2023
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Finnegans Wake (James Joyce) is only one book, and took 17 years! He's the king of taking a long time to write: Ulysses took seven years and A Portrait of he Artist took about ten, if you count the Stephen Hero years. Three masterpieces took a lifetime.
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