The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman by Laurence Sterne
"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne is a humorous novel published from 1759 to 1767. The work purports to be a memoir, but narrator Tristram doesn't reach his own birth until the third volume. Through endless digressions, he recounts four accidents that doomed him to misfortune while depicting conflicts between his irritable father Walter and gentle Uncle Toby. The novel features sexual innuendo, unfinished sentences, and surprising
visual elements including blank pages and censored paragraphs, transforming Sterne from obscure clergyman to literary celebrity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 |
|---|---|
| Title | The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman |
| Credits | Sue Asscher, Stephen Radcliffe and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 54.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Stream of consciousness fiction |
| Subject | Experimental fiction |
| Subject | Fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction |
| Subject | Infants -- Fiction |
| Subject | Fetus -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1079 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 1997 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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