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Tristram Shandy

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

textual humanities text book major Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Laurence Sterne, author

Canon Rationale

A major eighteenth-century experimental novel, included for digression, self-reflexive narration, serial form, typography, humor, and anti-linear prose.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 117.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Tristram Shandy'.
  • museum record: Project Gutenberg, 'The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman' by Laurence Sterne.

Audit Flags

version dependency

Completion unit: read the complete The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Record edition, especially handling of typographic and visual features.

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