Denis Breen

Denis Breen is a fictional character in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. He is the husband of Josie Breen and is a figure of fun. A person unknown sent him a postard with "U.p: up" written on it and he seeks to take a libel action for ten thousand pounds. Leopold Bloom states that Josie's marriage to Denis was a case of "beauty and the beast".^[1]^[2]

Sources

Ulysses by James Joyce

Characters

Focal	Leopold Bloom Molly Bloom Stephen Dedalus

Other	Mrs Yelverton Barry Mrs Bellingham Milly Bloom Blazes Boylan Denis Breen Josie Breen Nurse Callan Private Carr Bella Cohen Private Compton Punch Costello Myles Crawford Martin Cunningham Garrett Deasy May Golding Dedalus Simon Dedalus Patrick "Paddy" Dignam Dr Dixon Bob Doran Mary Driscoll Lieutenant Gardner Haines Zoe Higgins John Hooper Joe Hynes Corny Kelleher Barney Kiernan Vincent Lynch Bantam Lyons Gerty MacDowell Madden John Henry Menton Buck Mulligan Jack Power Kitty Ricketts George William Russell Cyril Sargent Florry Talbot Mrs Mervyn Talboys The Citizen

Locations

Analysis

Adaptations

Ulysses in Nighttown (1958 play)
Ulysses (1967 film)
Ulysses (1982 broadcast and recording)
Bloom (2003 film)
Ulysses "seen" (2012 graphic novel)

Other

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