Now I want to tell the story of what happened the first time I taught this story a couple of years ago. Still what Robert was talking about was probably not the religious motifs of the story (of which there are a number-as Trollope differentiates Christians, and talks of the Islamic and other visitors to Palestine) I assume he was talking about the curious sex. Is there some custom or religious belief which says people who go to the Jordan ought to bathe in it? This is not a rhetorical question. I wondered about this bathing in the Jordan. ![]() I thought the description of the place was again very well done. Trollope is saying he does not need to leave his belief in the realm of the mystic and magical his belief is reinforced by seeing the real place, sordid, uncertain, and yet beautiful in a strange way. I don't see scepticism in it, but rather a robust appreciation of the real. Robert warned us to be careful in talking about "Palestine" lest we offend, and, according to Sutherland, both the above stories offended the periodical audience, though in the notes what is mentioned is the apparent scepticism of the first story. I'd like to suggest both the above stories are _risque_ as I have only gotten half-way through the second, I'll leave it for someone else to comment on, but would like to say they seem to me a pair. Re: "Short Stories:" A Ride Across Palestine & Mrs General Talboys Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall Serialized 1861 (5, 12, 19 January), The London Review as "The Banks of the Jordan", Rejected by Cornhill Anthony Trollope's Short Stories: Commentaries, Literary Analysis, Reader Response Criticism Anthony Trollope's "A Ride Across Palestine" (also entitled "The Banks of the Jordan"
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