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Tristram Shandy Reissued by Éditions Tristram

publication · 2026-04-23

Éditions Tristram has reissued Laurence Sterne's novel "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman," first published in 1759. The work employs dialogue, sermon, parody, and pastiche, covering topics from dietetics to obstetrics. Time is a central character, and the novel functions as a treatise on novelistic aesthetics.

Key facts

  • Éditions Tristram reissued Laurence Sterne's novel.
  • The novel is 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'.
  • It was first published in 1759.
  • The book uses dialogue, sermon, parody, and pastiche.
  • Topics include dietetics, ballistics, obstetrics, geography, and religion.
  • Time is a main character in the novel.
  • The novel theorizes its own statements.
  • The reissue is by Éditions Tristram.

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Artists

  • Laurence Sterne

Institutions

  • Éditions Tristram

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