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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

By Laurence Sterne
Series: Modern Library Classics
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne is a whimsical and digressive exploration of the life of its protagonist, Tristram Shandy. The narrative is packed with humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and eccentric characters, focusing less on conventional storytelling and more on the comical and chaotic elements of human life. It challenges traditional narrative structures, engaging readers with its playful style.
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Introduction and Notes by Robert Folkenflik

Rich in playful double entendres, digressions, formal oddities, and typographical experiments, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman provoked a literary sensation when it first appeared in England in a series of volumes from 1759 to 1767.

An ingeniously structured novel (about writing a novel) that fascinates like a verbal game of chess, Tristram Shandy is the most protean and playful English novel of the eighteenth century and a celebration of the art of fiction. Its inventiveness anticipates the work of Joyce, Rushdie, and Fuentes in our own century.

This Modern Library Paperback is set from the nine-volume first edition from 1759.

Series: Modern Library Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780375761195

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 September 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: Modern Library Inc

Illustration: 5 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Robert Folkenflik

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 552g

Pages: 704

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Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Fiction General Fiction Laurence Sterne Literary Fiction Penguin Books Series: Modern Library Classics

About the Author

Robert Folkenflik is a professor of English at the University of California at Irvine. His books include Samuel Johnson, Biographer; The Culture of Autobiography- Constructions of Self-Representation; and The English Hero- 1660-1800. He lives in California.

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