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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Author
Laurence Sterne
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
122 pages
ISBN
9781911144229
Published
15 October 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Tristram Shandy
  • Laurence Sterne
  • biography
  • humour
  • philosophical
  • historical

Description

In "A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy," Laurence Sterne takes readers on a whimsical and reflective journey with the sentimental and quirky narrator, Parson Yorick. Through a series of encounters and experiences, Yorick shares his observations on love, human nature, and the cultural peculiarities of 18th-century Europe. Sterne's narrative is characterized by wit, sentimentality, and a playful engagement with the reader. The novel captures the essence of a sentimental voyage, offering both humorous episodes and poignant reflections on life's unpredictable and often absurd nature.

Author

Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) wrote Tristram Shandy, a novel that refuses to begin, and A Sentimental Journey. An Irish-born Yorkshire clergyman, he turned print itself into a joke: marbled pages, black pages, dashes, and a narrator who cannot get born for hundreds of pages. The humour is learned and naughty at once; the feeling, when it arrives, is genuine. Sterne's consumption and celebrity tours made him a star of sensibility.