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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, often known simply as Tristram Shandy, is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published from 1759 to 1767, in nine volumes across five instalments. The novel purports to be a memoir, but the titular Tristram is an effusive and digressive narrator who begins the story with his conception and…

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Author
Laurence Sterne
Publication date
December 1759 (vol. 1, 2) · January 1761 (vol. 3, 4) · December 1761 (vol. 5, 6) · January 1765 (vol. 7, 8) · January 1767 (vol. 9)
Publisher
Ann Ward (vol. 1–2) · Robert Dodsley (vol. 1–4) · Becket & DeHondt (vol. 5–9)
Publication place
England
Text
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman at Wikisource

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman → African, African Literatures, April, Arthur, August, Authoritative Text, Balzac's Comédie Humaine, Broadview Editions, Broadview Press, By Laurence Sterne, Cadell, Cambridge Digital Library, Cambridge University Press, Carretta, Cash, Charles, Club, Co, Company, Contexts
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman → Collections DepartmentAn, Coxwold, Gentleman, Glasgow University Library Special, Google Books, HTML, Internet Archive, Jack Lynch, LibriVox The Shandean, Opinions, Project Gutenberg, Shandy Hall, Standard Ebooks, Sterne's, SterneIllustrated, The Laurence Sterne Trust, The Life, Tristram Shandy, York
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman → December 1759 (vol. 1, 2), December 1761 (vol. 5, 6), January 1761 (vol. 3, 4), January 1765 (vol. 7, 8), January 1767 (vol. 9)
Publisher · 3
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman → Ann Ward (vol. 1–2), Becket & DeHondt (vol. 5–9), Robert Dodsley (vol. 1–4)
Author · 1
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman → Laurence Sterne
Publication place · 1
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman → England
Text · 1
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman → The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman at Wikisource

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanAuthorLaurence Sterne1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublication dateDecember 1759 (vol. 1, 2)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublication dateJanuary 1761 (vol. 3, 4)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublication dateDecember 1761 (vol. 5, 6)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublication dateJanuary 1765 (vol. 7, 8)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublication dateJanuary 1767 (vol. 9)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublication placeEngland1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublisherAnn Ward (vol. 1–2)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublisherRobert Dodsley (vol. 1–4)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanPublisherBecket & DeHondt (vol. 5–9)1.00infobox
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanTextThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman at Wikisource1.00infobox
James Joyceinstance ofInfluence and legacyTristram Shandy has been seen by formalists and other literary critics as a forerunner of many narrative devices and styles used by modernist and postmoderni…0.80text

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