The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Name: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Author: Laurence Sterne
ISBN: 9781911144212

Author: Laurence Sterne
Series: World Classics
Language: English
Length: 474 pages
ISBN: 9781911144212
Published: 15 October 2015
Imprint: Sovereign

Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne
biography
humour
philosophical
historical

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Description

"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" is a unique and experimental novel by Laurence Sterne. Through unconventional narrative techniques, including digressions, interruptions, and humorous reflections, Sterne explores the life and thoughts of the titular character, Tristram Shandy. The book defies traditional storytelling, offering a comedic and satirical commentary on various aspects of life, literature, and the human condition. Sterne's wit and playful manipulation of narrative structure make this work a precursor to modernist literature and a fascinating exploration of the limits of storytelling.

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.

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