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The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman / Laurence Sterne ; edited with an introduction and notes by Ian Campbell Ross.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Day Sterne Collection Sterne 255
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768, author.
- Series:
- World's classics
- The World's classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--Authorship--Fiction.
- Fiction.
- Infants--Fiction.
- Infants.
- Fetus--Fiction.
- Fetus.
- English fiction--18th century.
- English fiction.
- Fiction--Authorship.
- Genre:
- Experimental fiction.
- Fiction.
- Stream of consciousness fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Coming-of-age fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Day, Geoffrey (former owner) (Day Sterne Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxix, [1], 240, 251-595, [1] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Manufacture:
- Aylesbury, Bucks : Printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Limited.
- Other Title:
- Tristram Shandy
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.
- Summary:
- Doomed to become the 'sport of fortune' by an interruption at the crucial moment of conception, Tristram Shandy's life lurches from one mishap to another: his nose crushed by the doctor's forceps during birth, christened with the wrong name, an unfortunate incident involving a slamming sash window. Though everything occurs between parlor and garden, Tristram's excitable father, bewildered mother, and Uncle Toby provide ample opportunity for the digressions and madcap events that structure this seminal novel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxvii).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Day Sterne Collection copy acquired from Geoffrey Day in 2018.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.
- ISBN:
- 0192815660
- 9780192815668
- 0198185243
- 9780198185246
- OCLC:
- 8388765
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