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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
I was glad that the question of “beating the wine” had been resolved before I even begin reading this.  It allowed me to skip right over that without giving it much thought. It allowed me to devote full attention to trying to guess the location of the State of Mickewa in the United States. The state that elected Senator Elias Gotobed  .
I am struck with how similar Trollope is to Dickens, ............[/I] at least. |
Yes, that 'Mickewa' nags at my mind. I rather like the American Senator (for the moment; am at chapter XXIV now).
And I keep 'beating the wine' at the back of my mind. Perhaps there will be another reference to it which explains why Trollope used this expression.
The same goes for the red herrings. I don't know how Trollope meant this and it is mentioned after the first one as well.
Trollope makes me think of Jane Austen, although their books are some sixty years apart. I don't know why.