How long can you hold a grudge?
Topics in this episode include Mr. Power’s kept woman, hot 1904 gossip, rumpsteak, Reuben J. Dodd the Younger’s plunge into the Liffey, Bloom’s storytelling ability, pre-decimal currency, petty score settling, Elvery’s elephant, our favorite vegetarian restaurant in Dublin, Barabbas, chisellers, gombeens, usury, antisemitic stereotypes, whether Bloom is a self-loathing Jew, Benjamin Disraeli, the relationship of the real Reuben J. Dodd and John Joyce, the relationship of the real Reuben J. Dodd Jr. and James Joyce, Dodd’s story as told in the Irish Worker, Reuben J. Dodd’s lawsuit against the BBC, the ripple effects of Dodd’s litigiousness, the use of “Jew” as a slur, the pitfalls of assuming religion based on surnames, Harford from “Grace”, Dermot’s editorial suggestions for James Joyce, the identity of Dodd’s rescuer, Bloom’s fiscal responsibility, incubism, the drowning motif, defacing money, and the symbolism of the florin.
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