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Lifetime: 1713 - 1768 Passed: ≈ 256 years ago

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Laurence Sterne

Books by Laurence Sterne

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 1 Cover image

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 1

Comedy Humour Novel
Picaresque novel English literature Bawdy humor Comic novel Narrative devices Sternean humor 18th-century fiction

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years. It was not al...

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 2 Cover image

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 2

This is volume 2 of 4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next...

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 3 Cover image

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 3

This is volume 3 of 4.The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 1...

Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Cover image

Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

After the bizarre textual antics of "Tristram Shandy", this book would seem to require a literary health warning. Sure enough, it opens in mid-conversation upon a subject never explained; meanders after a fashion through a hundred pages, then fizzles...

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 4 Cover image

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 4

This is volume 4 of 4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next...