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• Fiction—Authorship [Browse]
• Infants—Fiction [Browse]
• Fetus—Fiction [Browse]

Series

Dover Thrift Editions [More in this series]

Summary note

A forerunner of psychological fiction, and considered a landmark work for its innovative use of narrative devices, Tristram Shandy was both celebrated and vilified when first published in 1759. While the narrative's endless digressions drew criticism, the novel's bawdy humor made it a cause for celebration in eighteenth-century London. Originally released in nine separate volumes, it is literature's famed ""cock and bull"" story, reveling in parody and satire.Laurence Sterne's topsy-turvy masterpiece is, in effect, a novel about writing a novel-producing a fictional world that is as strange an

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English

Contents

• Title Page; DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Note; Dedication; BOOK I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; MEMOIRE PRESENTÉ À MESSIEURS LES DOCTEURS DE SORBONNE.; REPONSE.; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; BOOK II; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12
• Chapter 13Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; BOOK III; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE.; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; Chapter 40; Chapter 41
• Chapter 42BOOK IV - SLAWKENBERGII FABELLA; BOOK IV - SLAWKENBERGIUS'S TALE; Chapter I; THE INTRICACIES OF DIEGO AND JULIA.; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter II; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; MY FATHER'S LAMENTATION.; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chatter 32; BOOK V; Chapter I; UPON WHISKERS.; THE FRAGMENT.; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5
• Chapter 6Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; Chapter 40; Chapter 41; Chapter 42; Chapter 43; BOOK VI; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6 - THE STORY OF LE FEVER; Chapter 7 - THE STORY OF LE FEVER CONTINUED
• Chapter 8 - THE STORY OF LE FEVER CONTINUEDChapter 9; Chapter 10 - THE STORY OF LE FEVER CONTINUED; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32 - MY UNCLE TOBY'S APOLOGETICAL ORATION; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; Chapter 40; BOOK VII; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8
• Chapter 9

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ISBN

0-486-11466-X

OCLC

898422762

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