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Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters.
| ISBN | 0141439777 | | Part volume | Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy | | ISBN13 | 9780141439778
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 533 | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series editor | Ingham, Patricia | | Publication date | 27 Mar 2003 | | Series title | Penguin Classics S. | | Writer of introduction | Melvyn New | | Previous ISBN | 9780140435054 | | Writer of preface | Christopher Ricks | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Library of Congress | PR3714.T7 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.6 | | Spine width (mm) | 33 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 784 | |
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This British novelist subverts literary conventions by producing a monument to parody/satire and at the same time expertly dissecting the human condition. This novel is humane and humorous as well as wickedly intelligent. There is more to be learned from the footnotes of Tristram Shandy than the totality of many other novels. - Andrew Leitch Write a review
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