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Sentimental Journey

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Description for Sentimental Journey Paperback. Paints a captivating picture of an Englishman's adventures abroad. This edition also includes a chronology, updated further reading and notes. Editor(s): Goring, Paul. Num Pages: 176 pages, chronology, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.

A furiously witty response to Tobias Smollett's curmudgeonly 'Travels through France and Italy', Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy became a hugely influential work of travel writing in its own right. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction and notes by Paul Goring.

When Yorick, the roving narrator of Sterne's innovative final novel, sets off for France on a whim, he produces no ordinary travelogue. Jolting along in his coach from Calais, through Paris, and on towards the Italian border, the amiable parson is blithely unconcerned by famous views or monuments, but he engages us with ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
134g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140437799
SKU
V9780140437799
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About Laurence Sterne
Irish-born Laurence Sterne graduated from Cambridge in 1737 and took holy orders, becoming a prebend in York Cathedral. His masterpiece, 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy' made him a celebrity but ill-health necessitated recuperative travel and A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY grew out of a seven-month trip through France and Italy. He died the year it was published, 1768. Paul Goring ... Read more

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