Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman : The Florida Edition

by Sterne, Laurence (Author); New, Joan (Editor); New, Melvyn (Editor)

• ISBN13: 9780141439778
• ISBN10: 0141439777
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780140435054
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Summary

Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorise 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, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. A joyful celebration of the endless possibilities of the art of fiction, Tristram Shandy is also a wry demonstration of its limitations. The text and notes of this volume are based on the acclaimed Florida Edition, with a critical introduction by Melvyn New and Christopher Rick's introductory essay from the first Penguin Classics edition of the novel.

Table of Contents

Chronology	vii
Introductory Essay	xi
Christopher Ricks
Editor's Introduction	xxxiii
Melvyn New
Further Reading	li
A Note on the Text	liv
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman	1	(588)
Appendix: Glossary of Terms of Fortification	589	(8)
Notes	597