(For more on these visual oddities see the British Library website. There was a missing chapter which caused a gap of ten pages in the pagination (the chapter was so good - claims the narrator - he had to remove it completely, lest the rest of the book suffer in comparison) paragraphs of asterisks for risqué passages expressive squiggles, and so on. and other evils of life, by mirth being firmly persuaded that every time a. It had surprising visual insertions: a marbled page a blank page a black page and various other visual interventions which challenged the printer as well as the reader. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN To which is added THE SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. When The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman was launched upon. It was unlike anything that had been written before. One of the first reviewers in 1760 was almost lost for words, describing it as ‘a humorous performance, of which we are unable to convey any distinct ideas to our readers’. Ostensibly a biography of its fictional eponymous character, Tristram Shandy features many digressions from its plot and is, therefore, viewed by many scholars as an early forerunner of. It scandalised some with its bawdy humour, filled others with delight, and baffled many others. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a nine-volume novel published between 17 by English novelist Laurence Sterne. When The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman was launched upon an unsuspecting world it excited everyone in one way or another. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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