The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne, Melvyn New

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Penguin
12 April 2023

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

One of the greatest novels ever written, now in a wonderful new clothbound edition

Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby and a host of other characters.

By: Laurence Sterne
Introduction by: Melvyn New
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 49mm
Weight: 910g
ISBN: 9780241552667
ISBN 10: 0241552664
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 12 April 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 him famous throughout Europe overnight. He went on to complete the remaining volumes over the next seven years. Sterne died in 1768 of tuberculosis, the condition that had dogged him for many years.