Broadview Editions A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, (Paperback)

from Marse

A Sentimental Journey is the story of a man traveling from England to France and back and his adventures, or should I say, his encounters during the trip. We don't get a lot of "travel" descriptions, but rather descriptions of the carriages he takes, how he hires them, his servant, and the ladies...

from

This 250 year old novel was a fictional satire on a more serious non-fictional account of a journey through France and Italy by Sterne's contemporary Tobias Smollett. The satire is in the fact that the traveller here (Yorick, a minor character in Sterne's most famous novel The Life and Adventures...

from keylawk

A serialized 'Tristam Shandy' made the rural vicar 'passing rich' and the talk of London. He balanced these with The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, a title apparently drawn from the 'fellow of infinite jest'. In 1762-64 and 1765-66, Sterne traveled through France and Italy. We find here the pretty observ...

from Snakeshands

Sterne wanders around talking to swindlers and fops and very nice peasant folk, and keeps getting terribly attracted to women who he tells us of COURSE he did nothing with! A nice bit o' life-loving fluff from the guy who brought us Tristram Shandy. Too bad he didn't get to get into it further be...

from stillatim

Another great example of why you need to really think about what a book's trying to do before you judge it. This is nice and subtle- on the one hand, it tugs the heart-strings unashamedly; on the other hand, it makes ruthless fun of you for having your heart-string tugged. Great stuff- unless you...