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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

FAVOURITE BOOKS REVIEWED : Published Domain Review | LAURENCE STERNE - TRISTRAM SHANDY

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/alas-poor-yorick-the-death-and-life-of-laurence-sterne/




this is really interesting . . . . . . if you like Sterne, I guess . . . . . . and maybe even if you don’t . . . or don’t know who he is and his greatest ground breaking book a personal favourite in The Life & Times of Tristram Shandy is a brilliant place to start


This year brings two notable anniversaries in the life of the Reverend Laurence Sterne, author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Two hundred fifty years ago, on February 27, 1768, he published A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick. Fewer than three weeks later, on March 18, aged just fifty-four, he died.


read on . . . . (link above) 

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