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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

By Laurence Sterne.

Table of Contents Titlepage Imprint Introduction Epigraph To the Right Honourable Mr. Pitt The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Book I I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV Book II I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX Book III I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI: Excommunicatio XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX The Author’s Preface XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL XLI XLII Book IV Slawkenbergii Fabella Slawkenbergius’s Tale I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX My Father’s Lamentation XX XXI XXII XXIII XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII Book V To the Right Honourable John, Lord Viscount Spencer I Upon Whiskers The Fragment II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL XLI XLII XLIII Book VI I II III IV V VI: The Story of Le Fever VII: The Story of Le Fever Continued VIII: The Story of Le Fever Continued IX X: The Story of Le Fever Continued XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII: My Uncle Toby’s Apologetical Oration XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL Book VII I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL XLI XLII XLIII Book VIII I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV Book IX A Dedication to a Great Man I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV The Invocation XXV The Eighteenth Chapter Chapter the Nineteenth XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII Endnotes List of Illustrations Colophon Uncopyright Imprint

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Introduction

It can hardly be said that Sterne was an unfortunate person during his lifetime, though he seems to have thought himself so. His childhood was indeed a little necessitous, and he died early, and in debt, after some years of very bad health. But from the time when he went to Cambridge, things went on the whole very fairly well with him in respect of fortune; his ill-health does not seem to have caused him much disquiet; his