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Title: Tristram Shandy Condition: New Author: Laurence Sterne Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0141199997 EAN: 9780141199993 ISBN: 9780141199993 Publisher: Penguin Classics Genre: Fiction Topic: Classic Fiction Release Date: 25/10/2012 Description: The Penguin English Library Edition of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
'I am got, I know not how, into a cold unmetaphorical vein of infamous writing, and cannot take a plumb-lift out of it for my soul; so must be obliged to go on writing like a Dutch commentator to the end of the chapter, unless something be done ...'
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, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. A joyful celebration of the endless possibilities of the art of fiction, Tristram Shandy is also a wry demonstration of its limitations.
The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 27mm Item Weight: 436g Book Series: Penguin English Library Release Year: 2012
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