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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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Sterne’s utterly original novel - the meandering, maddening ‘autobiography’ of one of literature’s oldest comic characters.

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.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TOM MCCARTHY

‘Tristram Shandy is one of the funniest novels in the English language. It’s also one of the first great experimental literary works’ Independent

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 January 2014
Pages
624
ISBN
9780099519157

Sterne’s utterly original novel - the meandering, maddening ‘autobiography’ of one of literature’s oldest comic characters.

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.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TOM MCCARTHY

‘Tristram Shandy is one of the funniest novels in the English language. It’s also one of the first great experimental literary works’ Independent

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 January 2014
Pages
624
ISBN
9780099519157