Finnegans Wake Book Titles, Chapter Titles, and Pagination


Unlike Ulysses, Joyce left us no book or chapter titles for Finnegans Wake.
Several sources have stepped into the breach.


Book Book Title1 Book Title2 Chapter Pagination Chapter Title1 Chapter Title2 Chapter Title3 Chapter Title4
I The Book of
the Parents
The Fall
of Man*
1 3 – 29 Finnegan's Fall The Fall
of Man*
The Wake or
The Giant's Howe
Finnegan's Wake
2 30 – 47 His Agnomen
and Reputation
The Cad Ballad The Humphriad I
3 48 – 74 His Trial and
Incarceration
Gossip and the
Knocking at the Gates
Goat The Humphriad II
4 75 – 103 His Demise and
Resurrection
The Trial§ Lion The Humphriad III
5 104 – 125 The Manifesto
of ALP
The Letter* Hen The Mamafesta
6 126 – 168 Riddles — The Personages
of the Manifesto
The Quiz Questions and
Answers
The Quiz
7 169 – 195 Shem the Penman Shem Shem Shem the Penman
8 196 – 216 The Washers
at the Ford
A.L.P.§ Anna Livia
Plurabelle
Anna Livia
II The Book of
the Sons
Conflict 1 219 – 259 The Children's Hour Children at Play* The Mime of Mick,
Nick and the Maggies
Nightgames
2 260 – 308 The Study Period —
Triv and Quad
Homework Night Lessons Nightlessons
3 309 – 382 Tavernry in Feast The Tale
of a Pub
Scene in the Pub Tales at the Inn
4 383 – 399 Bride-Ship
and Gulls
Tristan§ Mamalujo Tristan and Isolde
III The Book of
the People
Humanity 1 403 – 428 Shaun Before
the People
Shaun the Post* First Watch
of Shaun
Shaun
2 429 – 473 Jaun Before
St. Bride's
Jaun's Sermon Second Watch
of Shaun
Jaun
3 474 – 554 Yawn Under
Inquest
Yawn Third Watch
of Shaun
Yawn
4 555 – 590 HCE and ALP —
Their Bed of Trial
The Bedroom§ Fourth Watch
of Shaun
Dawn
IV Ricorso Renewal§ 1 593 – 628 Unnamed New Day§ Unnamed Unnamed

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