The book follows the movements of not only Stephen and Bloom but also hundreds of other Dubliners as they walk the streets, meet and talk, then talk some more in restaurants and pubs.

• 这本书不仅是史蒂芬或是布卢姆的缩影，而是成千居住在都柏林的市民，他们一如往昔地在街上散步、交谈，或是在餐厅和酒吧里閒话家常。