The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Paperback)

from P_S_Patrick

This is an odd novel, with a substantial portion of the content being made up of eccentric digressions and anecdotes from the main characters. There are bits of a storyline, but they seem only secondary to the rest of the book. But, this does not make it a bad novel; it works as well as many nove...

from endersreads

First let me say that I very much enjoyed Christopher Ricks' introduction. I am usually only immensely angered by introductions-this one, however, was fascinating. Also, the notes are delightful, and quite lengthy, as the novel is encyclopedic in knowledge. Walter and Captain Toby Shandy have bec...

from lriley

First published in nine parts during the 1760's this very remarkable novel by the English writer Laurence Sterne starts with the birth of one Tristram Shandy--following him through his young manhood. As a writer Sterne was quite the innovator--telling his Tristram stories through the multiple vie...

from Eurydice

Digressive, dear sir? Yes! Bizarre, madam? -- Why, yes.... Bawdy? Well - Just read this passage quickly, madam, once through, without thinking --- and... Is it: Better in the first half? Sure. Sentimental? Certainly. A witty, whimsical, comic gem? - Absolutely!!!

from tuckerresearch

A rambling rigamarole masterpiece. Aside after aside. Awesome. Sterne excoriates many of society's ills and foibles.