by Laurence Sterne · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140430196
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«The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman» is Laurence Sterne's satirical novel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (656 pages, in English).
The work presents itself as the autobiography of Tristram Shandy, but its narrative constantly loses itself in digressions, family anecdotes, and reflections on the very art of writing. The humour arises from eccentric characters, such as his father Walter and his uncle Toby, and from typographical and structural games that anticipate the modern novel.
The Penguin English Library edition includes an introduction by Christopher Ricks. The novel was originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767.
Recommended for readers who enjoy absurd humour, literary satire, and eighteenth-century English classics.
Laurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric. He is best known for his comic novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–1767) and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768).
