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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author

This book is a compilation of Laurence Sterne's literary works, showcasing his unique style and wit. It includes his seminal novel 'Tristram Shandy', known for its unconventional narrative structure, and 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', which further explores the protagonist's life. Accompanying the works is a biography of Sterne, providing insight into his life and the context of his writing. more

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Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne, born on November 24, 1713, and died on March 18, 1768, was a prominent English novelist of the 18th century. He is best known for his novel 'Tristram Shandy', which is considered a pioneer of modern fiction and is renowned for its unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

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“To saya man is fallen in love,or that he is deeply in love,or up to the ears in love,and sometimes even over head and ears in it,carries an idiomatical kind of implication, that love is a thing below a man:this is recurring again to Plato's opinion, which, with all his divinityship,I hold to be damnable and heretical:and so much for that. Let love therefore be what it will,my uncleToby fell into it.”