{"product_id":"the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman","title":"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'L-d! said my mother, what is all this story about? - A COCK and a BULL, said Yorick - And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. A joyful celebration of the endless possibilities of the art of fiction, \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy \u003c\/i\u003eis also a wry demonstration of its limitations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text and notes of this volume are based on the acclaimed Florida Edition, with a critical introduction by Melvyn New and Christopher Ricks's introductory essay from the first Penguin Classics edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book that I would never tire of ... Sterne was about 250 years ahead of his time'\u003cbr\u003eRoy Porter, author of \u003ci\u003eEnlightenment: Britain And The Creation Of The Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9780141439778 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Sterne, Laurence, EDITED BY New, Joan, EDITED BY New, Melvyn, INTRODUCTION BY New, Melvyn, NOTES BY New, Melvyn, PREFACE BY Ricks, Sir Christopher \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : March 27, 2003 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : Penguin Classics \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAGE : General \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Paperback \/ softback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003eDIMENSION : 198 mm x 130 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 561 g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Fiction-Related-items\"\u003eFiction \u0026amp; Related items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sterne, Laurence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50233321652501,"sku":"9780141439778","price":130.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/7087\/3174\/files\/9780141439778.jpg?v=1791385785","url":"https:\/\/bookazine.com.hk\/products\/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman","provider":"Bookazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}