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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Evergreens)
Laurence Sterne
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Description for The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Evergreens)
Paperback. Introduces us to a group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. This book involves the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography. It anticipates modernism and postmodernism. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Purporting to be an autobiography of the antihero Tristram Shandy, Laurence Sterne's novel is a comic masterpiece of digression, egoism and sensationalism, as its hilarious asides, explanations and host of memorable secondary characters - such as Uncle Toby, Dr Slop, Parson Yorick and Widow Wadman - take centre stage, at the expense of the actual life events the book sets out to depict. A humorous compendium of European thought and literature - pastiching the likes of Locke and Bacon and referencing Pope, Swift, Cervantes and Rabelais - emerges amid the convoluted accounts of Tristram's conception, misnaming and ... Read more
Purporting to be an autobiography of the antihero Tristram Shandy, Laurence Sterne's novel is a comic masterpiece of digression, egoism and sensationalism, as its hilarious asides, explanations and host of memorable secondary characters - such as Uncle Toby, Dr Slop, Parson Yorick and Widow Wadman - take centre stage, at the expense of the actual life events the book sets out to depict. A humorous compendium of European thought and literature - pastiching the likes of Locke and Bacon and referencing Pope, Swift, Cervantes and Rabelais - emerges amid the convoluted accounts of Tristram's conception, misnaming and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Evergreens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494160
SKU
V9781847494160
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About Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne (1713-68) was an Irish-born Anglican minister. He is most famous for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.
Reviews for The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Evergreens)
Sterne was the greatest impressionist of his time.
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