{"product_id":"the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman-the-notes-volume-3-of-the-florida-edition-of-the-works-of-laurence-sterne-hardback-9780813007380","title":"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: the Notes; Volume 3 of the Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne (Hardback) 9780813007380","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: the Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVolume 3 of the Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurence Sterne (Author), Melvyn New (Edited by), Richard A. Davies (Edited by), W. G. Day (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813007380\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 October 1984\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e572 pages, illustrations\u003cbr\u003e24 x 15.6 x 4 cm, 1.006 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e (or \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/i\u003e) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years (vols. 3 and 4, 1761; vols. 5 and 6, 1762; vols. 7 and 8, 1765; vol. 9, 1767). It purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its style is marked by digression, double entendre, and graphic devices. As its title suggests, the book is ostensibly Tristram's narration of his life story. But it is one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale, to the extent that Tristram's own birth is not even reached until Volume III.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739495493912,"sku":"9780813007380","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman-the-notes-volume-3-of-the-florida-edition-of-the-works-of-laurence-sterne-hardback-9780813007380","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}