The mock-ascension closes the episode

Today's passage · lines 12.1751–1920

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The chapter ends with one last wild parody: as Bloom drives off, the narrative suddenly describes him rising bodily into the sky like a saint in glory, dazzling with light, greeted by angels. …

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