The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9780375761195
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A playful, digressive novel about writing a novel, ingeniously odd.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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    704 pages

  • Release Date

    14 September 2004

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Summary

A Gentleman’s Whims: Delve into the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Rich in playful double entendres, digressions, formal oddities, and typographical experiments, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman provoked a literary sensation when it first appeared in England in a series of volumes from 1759 to 1767.

An ingeniously structured novel (about writing a novel) that fascinates like a verbal game of chess, Tristram Shandy is the most protea…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780375761195
ISBN-10:0375761195
Series:Modern Library Classics
Author:Laurence Sterne, Robert Folkenflik
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Modern Library Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:704
Release Date:14 September 2004
Weight:552g
Dimensions:203mm x 132mm x 38mm
About The Author

Laurence Sterne

Robert Folkenflik is a professor of English at the University of California at Irvine. His books include Samuel Johnson, Biographer; The Culture of Autobiography- Constructions of Self-Representation; and The English Hero- 1660-1800. He lives in California.

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