A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sterne, Laurence.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 1892.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sterne travelled through France and Italy three years prior to writing A Sentimental Journey, which he completed on his death bed. The protagonist is a thinly-disguised Sterne who recounts his - mostly amorous - adventures through the two countries. Sterne very particularly wanted the account to be subjective; he discusses opinions and morals and personal experiences in opposition to the drier travelling accounts which dealt with history and classical learning...

Contents:

Title; Contents; A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy; Calais.; The Monk. Calais.; The Desobligeant. Calais.; Preface. In the Desobligeant.; Calais.; In the Street. Calais.; The Remise Door. Calais.; The Snuff Box. Calais.; The Remise Door. Calais.; In the Street. Calais.; The Remise. Calais.; In the Street. Calais.; Montreuil.; A Fragment.; Montreuil.; The Bidet.; Nampont. The Dead Ass.; Nampont. The Postilion.; Amiens.; The Letter. Amiens.; The Letter.; Paris.; The Wig. Paris.; The Pulse. Paris.; The Husband. Paris.; The Gloves. Paris.; The Translation. Paris.; The Dwarf. Paris.

The Rose. Paris.The Fille de Chambre. Paris.; The Passport. Paris.; The Passport. The Hotel at Paris.; The Captive. Paris.; The Starling. Road to Versailles.; The Address. Versailles.; Le Patissier. Versailles.; The Sword. Rennes.; The Passport. Versailles.; Character. Versailles.; The Temptation. Paris.; The Conquest.; The Mystery. Paris.; The Case of Conscience. Paris.; The Riddle. Paris.; Le Dimanche. Paris.; The Fragment. Paris.; The Fragment, and the Bouquet. Paris.; The Act of Charity. Paris.; The Riddle Explained. Paris.; Paris.; Maria. Moulines.; Maria.; Maria. Moulines.

The Bourbonnnois.The Supper.; The Grace.; The Case of Delicacy.; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77651-203-0

OCLC:

654029630