The Portable James Joyce, edited and with an introduction by Harry Levin, includes four of the six books on which Joyce's astonishing reputatuion is founded:
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man; his
Collected Poems (including
Chamber Music);
Exiles, Joyce's only drama; and his volume of short stories,
Dubliners. In addition, there is a generous sampling from
Ulysses and
Finnegans Wake, including the famous "
Anna Livia Plurabelle" episode.