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'Nothing odd will do long', said Dr Johnson; 'Tristram Shandy did not last.' But Tristram Shandy has lasted, to be cherished in the century of Joyce and Pirandello perhaps even more than in the eighteenth. No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a novel about writing a novel in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and genius as the theme of inventing it. It is a joyful celebration of the infinite possibilities of the art of fiction, and a wry demonstration of its limitations. It is also, in Christopher Ricks's words, 'the greatest shaggy dog story in the language'.
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Gentleman, Laurence Sterne
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- 1987
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Laurence Sterne
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 659
- ISBN10
- 0140430199
- ISBN13
- 9780140430196
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Humor, Classics, England, English Literature, 18th century, Metafiction
- First published
- 1767
- Original title
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- 'Nothing odd will do long', said Dr Johnson; 'Tristram Shandy did not last.' But Tristram Shandy has lasted, to be cherished in the century of Joyce and Pirandello perhaps even more than in the eighteenth. No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a novel about writing a novel in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and genius as the theme of inventing it. It is a joyful celebration of the infinite possibilities of the art of fiction, and a wry demonstration of its limitations. It is also, in Christopher Ricks's words, 'the greatest shaggy dog story in the language'.