Episode 2, Nestor Stephen is teaching a history class on the victories of Pyrrhus of Epirus. The class is visibly bored, unconcerned with the subject and not disciplined. Before seeing the boys out of the classroom for a game of hockey, Stephen tells the students a cryptic and impenetrable riddle about a fox burying his grandmother under a bush, which falls flat. One student, Sargent, stays behind so that Stephen can show him how to do a set of arithmetic exercises. Stephen indulges him, b... Read Full Story

Ulysses, the novel by James Joyce, chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. The title parallels and alludes to Odysseus (Latinised into Ulysses), the hero of Homer's Odyssey (e.g., the correspondences between Leopold Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus). Joyce fans worldwide now celebrate June 16 as Bloomsday. Ulysses totals about 265,000 words from a vocabulary of 30,030 words (including p... Read Full Story

The race to overtake the wagon that carries Dracula's coffin. Can anyone finally remove the Vampire from the Undead? This chapter is brought to you by Audible.com. Click here to download a FREE audiobook. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 26 Count Dracula endeavors to escape back to his castle....Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor.... ... Read Full Story

Count Dracula endeavors to escape back to his castle. This chapter is brought to you by Audible.com. Click here to download a FREE audiobook. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor....Dracula - Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker's Journal continued: The three women... ... Read Full Story

Mina and the men await the arrival of Dracula's ship in Varna. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor....Dracula - Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker's Journal continued: The three women... ... Read Full Story

Van Helsing and the others prepare for a journey to Transylvania. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor....Dracula - Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker's Journal continued: The three women... ... Read Full Story

The men accost Dracula but he escapes into the courtyard. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor....Dracula - Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker's Journal continued: The three women... ... Read Full Story

The men set about "sanitizing" the many earth-filled coffins used by Dracula. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor....Dracula - Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker's Journal continued: The three women... ... Read Full Story

The men confront Dracula in Mina Harker's bedroom. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor....Dracula - Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker's Journal continued: The three women... ... Read Full Story

The men continue to plot the execution of Dracula. Related posts:Dracula - Chapter 1 Jonathan Harker's Journal: travel to Count Dracula's castle...Dracula - Chapter 2 Jonathan Harker's Journal Continued: the Count welcomes his visitor....Dracula - Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker's Journal continued: The three women... ... Read Full Story