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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
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Description for The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Paperback. Doomed to become the 'sport of fortune' by an interruption at the crucial moment of conception, Tristram Shandy's life lurches from one mishap to another: his nose crushed by the doctor's forceps during birth, christened with the wrong name, an unfortunate incident involving a slamming sash window. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 202 x 34. Weight in Grams: 520.
Sterne's utterly original novel - the meandering, maddening 'autobiography' of one of literature's oldest comic characters.
Doomed to become the ‘sport of fortune’ by an interruption at the crucial moment of conception, Tristram Shandy’s life lurches from one mishap to another: his nose crushed by the doctor’s forceps during birth, christened with the wrong name, an unfortunate incident involving a slamming sash window… Discover the anti-autobiography of the hilarious Tristram Shandy.
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Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099519157
SKU
V9780099519157
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About Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne was born in 1713, the younger son of a landowning Yorkshire family. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge and was ordained in 1738. Sterne's dramas were mostly personal, including bitter quarrels with his wife and uncle, and some high profile affairs. The publication of the first volumes of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy in 1759 made ... Read more
Reviews for The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Tristram Shandy is one of the funniest novels in the English language. It's also one of the first great experimental literary works
Independent
A mad, recursive, literary joke
Daily Telegraph
An extraordinary comic tour de force
Guardian
The ultimate novel about writing a novel
Sunday Telegraph
An amazing book, seeming like a ... Read more
Independent
A mad, recursive, literary joke
Daily Telegraph
An extraordinary comic tour de force
Guardian
The ultimate novel about writing a novel
Sunday Telegraph
An amazing book, seeming like a ... Read more