The Sterne, Laurence 1713-1768 creator Saintsbury, George 1845-1933 text utu 2012 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne is a humorous novel published from 1759 to 1767. The work presents itself as a memoir, but narrator Tristram Shandy begins with his own conception and doesn't describe his birth until the third volume. Through endless digressions, he recounts four accidents that supposedly doomed him to unhappiness, while depicting conflicts between his irritable father and gentle Uncle Toby. The novel features sexual innuendo, unfinished sentences, and surprising visual elements including blank pages and censored paragraphs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman Release date is 2012-03-26 Louise Hope, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Stream of consciousness fiction Experimental fiction Fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction Infants -- Fiction Fetus -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39270 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39270 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133911.0 39270