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 presents itself as a memoir, but narrator Tristram Shandy begins with his own conception and doesn't describe his birth until the third volume. Through endless digressions, he recounts four accidents that supposedly doomed him to unhappiness, while depicting conflicts between his irritable father and gentle Uncle Toby. The novel features
sexual innuendo, unfinished sentences, and surprising visual elements including blank pages and censored paragraphs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 |
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| Commentator | Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933 |
| Title | The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman |
| Series Title | Everyman's library, no. 617 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman |
| Credits | Louise Hope, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 52.1 (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. | 39270 |
| Release Date | Mar 26, 2012 |
| Most Recently Updated | Aug 24, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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