Framley Parsonage
Chapters 31 to 33

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Chapter 31
Salmon Fishing in Norway

By Jove
An exclamation uttered by Mr. Green Walker to Mr. Harold Smith.  This interjection was used commonly in Victorian England.  Jove is another name for Jupiter, the greatest of the Roman gods; his name was used as an interjection or part of one in classical Latin, as well.
OED
OCD  [JM]
 

Chapter 32
The Goat and Compasses

Gods and giants
Trollope continues to use this mythological motif to describe contemporary politics.  The analogy is especially developed in Chapter 23.  [RR]
 

Chapter 33
Consolation

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