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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Life & Opinions of the Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Life & Opinions of the Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Life & Opinions of the Gentleman
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Tristram Shandy or, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its style is marked by digression, double entendre, and graphic devices. As its title suggests, the book is ostensibly Tristram's narration of his life story. But it is one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale. Most of the action is concerned with domestic upsets or misunderstandings, which find humour in the opposing temperaments of its central characters. Arthur Schopenhauer cited Tristram Shandy as one of the greatest novels ever written.
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Release dateNov 2, 2018
ISBN9788027244010
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Life & Opinions of the Gentleman
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Laurence Sterne

Irish-born Laurence Sterne was an eighteenth century English author and Anglican clergyman. Though he is perhaps best known as a novelist, Sterne also wrote memoirs, articles on local politics, and a large number of sermons for which he was quite well known during his lifetime. Sterne’s works include The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, and the satire A Political Romance (also known as The History of a Good Warm Watch-Coat). Sterne died in 1768 at the age of 54.

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