Author: | Laurence Sterne, Christopher Ricks | ISBN: | 9780141920146 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | March 27, 2003 |
Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
Author: | Laurence Sterne, Christopher Ricks |
ISBN: | 9780141920146 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publication: | March 27, 2003 |
Imprint: | Penguin |
Language: | English |
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.
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.