Day 23 of 18013% of the book
Episode V · Lotus Eaters

Bloom collects a secret letter under a false name

Today's passage · lines 5.86–180

The 2-minute recap

At the post office Bloom picks up a letter addressed to 'Henry Flower, Esq.' — his pen-name in a secret, flirtatious correspondence with a woman he's never met, Martha Clifford.

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