Laurence Sterne 1713—1768
Laurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption.
Available eBooks
A Political Romance (1759)
The first work written by Sterne might be labelled a roman à clef or a cronique scandaleuse, which were so popular at the beginning of the eighteenth... read more »
A Sentimental Journey (1768)
Laurence Sterne's revolutionary novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman plays with time, space, narrative conceits, and the very... read more »
Tristram Shandy (1767)
At once endlessly facetious and highly serious, Sterne's great comic novel contains some of the best-known and best-loved characters in English... read more »