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   ROB-B*E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to Martha Bridegam   
   Re: Bloomsday   
   16 Jun 04 22:32:54   
   
   From: alickletuchofarryinnernight@hjghjgh.com   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:40D07EF4.401FD5AB@pacbell.net...   
   > Wondering if folks here will also be celebrating Bloomsday   
   > (see, e.g.,   
   > ).   
   >   
   > Probably others here can think of more things Orwell owed to   
   > Joyce, but to start with, there's the obvious "Nighttown"   
   > knockoff in *A Clergyman's Daughter*, and some of his   
   > appreciation, as in "Inside the Whale," for people who   
   > aren't tempted to strike heroic poses.   
   >   
   > Any thoughts?   
   >   
   > /M   
      
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