James Joyce in Padua (9780394409900) James Joyce and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at On 24 April 1912, the day Joyce started his examination at the. University of Padua to qualify for an English teaching position in the Italian secondary schools, [JOYCE, James]. Berrone, Louis. James Joyce in Padua. NY: Random House (1977). First edition. 146 pp. Top edge dusty, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Joyce first arrived in Trieste on October 20, 1904, drawn the offer of a teaching In April he went to Padua to take exams in order to teach in Italian schools; James Joyce, per un breve periodo della sua vita, stato padovano. Di inaugurazione del 795esimo anno accademico dell'Universit