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Synopsis
A concise biography, first published in 1882, of the Anglican clergyman and novelist Lawrence Sterne (1713-1769).
Synopsis
Lawrence Sterne (1713-69) was an Anglican clergyman best remembered today as the author of the satirical and influential novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. This volume, first published in 1882 by journalist Henry Duff Traill (1842-1900), provides a clear and informative biography.
Table of Contents
Prefatory note; 1. Birth, parentage, and early years. 1713-24; 2. School and university - Halifax and Cambridge. 1724-38; 3. Life at Sutton - marriage - the parish priest. 1738-59; 4. Tristram Shandy, Vols. I and II. 1759-60; 5. London triumphs. 1760-62; 6. Life in the south. 1762-65; 7. France and Italy. 1765-68; 8. Last days, and death. 1768; 9. Sterne as a writer; 10. Style and general characteristics - humour, and sentiment; 11. Creative and dramatic power - place in English literature.