"a fair unsullied soul had called to him." "now is then... these readings moved online during the pandemic but even though the shop's open again they continue to have people tune in from all over the world. "the chemist turned back, page after page, living "all the day amongst herbs, ointments, disinfectants, all his alabaster lily pads." no idea how i read that but thanks for listening! that is what we do here, we read it out loud. we have people here from distant nationalities and parts of ireland and you hear all sorts of music, if you like, joyce would have loved that. to make it easy to understand and get into it. it's a book you grow up hearing about, and supposedly so difficult, it's a lovely feeling to sit here and it is accessible. and if you want tojoin in, you can find more information on the sweeney's website.