It was not mere aping as they imply, I trust I am too clever and my mind too old for that. In 1903 Stanislaus recorded the following account of their relationship in his diary: My life has been modeled on Jim's example, yet when I am accused by my unprepossessing Uncle John or Gogarty of imitating Jim, I can truthfully deny the charge. Stanislaus was also among the first to recognize Joyce's genius, and probably best understood it, which most likely helped him accept the unpredictable nature of Joyce's temperament in later years. Three years his junior, Stanislaus often idolized his older brother, even making notes of Joyce's clever remarks in his diary. Stanislaus might be tedious, but he was a rock.' - Richard Ellmann Stanislaus's relationship with Joyce was (as with most brothers) a complicated one. 'The steadiest influence available was his brother. I recognize, of course the almost unlimited adaptability of your style.' - Stanislaus, in a letter to James Joyce, on February 26, 1922, referring to this copy.

Isn't your art in danger of becoming a sanitary science. I suppose 'Circe' will stand as the most horrible thing in literature. On the relationship between the brothers Stanislaus and James Joyce: 'I received 'Ulysses' in good order. A presentation copy, inscribed by Joyce to his brother, Stanislaus Joyce, on the front blank: 'To Stannie | Jim | Paris | 11 February 1922'. FIRST EDITION, number 308 of 750 copies printed on handmade paper. THE MOST IMPORTANT OBTAINABLE COPY OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVEL OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 'TO STANNIE | JIM' ONE OF THE FIRST PRESENTATION COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION OF ULYSSES, INSCRIBED BY JAMES JOYCE TO HIS BROTHER STANISLAUS.

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