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James Joyce's NSFW Letters to His Wife

James Joyce's NSFW Letters to His Wife

An article in The Paris Review exploring the intimate and explicit letters written by James Joyce to his wife, Nora Barnacle.

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  • Landon Groves
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    “Whether it's a century-defining novel or an absolutely filthy letter to his wife (Nora Barnacle), you simply cannot deny the man could write Also just a really good meditation on sexting in general”

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  • Dating History Podcast
    Dating History Podcast

    “nasty business”

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  • mili
    mili

    “There is nothing quite like the letters of a man smitten to death with the bush of his lover.”

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  • Sharla
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  • Jennifer Brooke
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