The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne is a bawdy, irreverent and unconventional novel. It flouts nearly all the rules of conventional novel-writing and is filled with puns, paradoxes, and satirical commentary about the society and culture of its time.

Titlepage

Imprint

Introduction

Epigraph

To the Right Honourable Mr. Pitt

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Book I

Book II

XI: Excommunicatio

The Author’s Preface

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XXVII

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XXIX

XXXI

XXXII

XXXIII

XXXIV

XXXV

XXXVI

XXXVII

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XXXIX

XLII

Book III

Slawkenbergii Fabella

Slawkenbergius’s Tale

Book IV

To the Right Honourable John, Lord Viscount Spencer

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Book V

VI: The Story of Le Fever

VII: The Story of Le Fever Continued

VIII: The Story of Le Fever Continued

X: The Story of Le Fever Continued

XXXII: My Uncle Toby’s Apologetical Oration

Book VI

Book VII

Book VIII

A Dedication to a Great Man

The Eighteenth Chapter

Chapter the Nineteenth

Book IX

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Endnotes

List of Illustrations

Colophon

Uncopyright

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comedy