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James Joyce's Finnegans Wake night hours - River of "Anna Livia Plurabelle", Metaphors Upon Metaphors. "I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal." - James Joyce

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I keep FW by my bedside and only read it while at my most sleep delerious. Seems to help!

Fun song too!

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River Liffey

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It was also known as the Anna Liffey, possibly from an anglicisation of Abhainn na Life, the Irish phrase that translates into English as "River Liffey". James Joyce embodies the river in Finnegans Wake as "Anna Livia Plurabelle".

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