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Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne

Born 24 November 1713 · Died 18 March 1768

From Clonmel, Ireland · Nationality: Ireland, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Great Britain · Writes fiction and nonfiction

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Laurence Sterne was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics.

Quotes

  • “Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; —& they are the life, the soul of reading; — take them out of this book for instance, — you might as well take the book along with them.”
    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Book I
  • “So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King’s highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him — pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?”
    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Book I
  • “I think I can see the precise and distinguishing marks of national characters more in these nonsensical minutiæ than in the most important matters of state; where great men of all nations talk and stalk so much alike, that I would not give ninepence to choose amongst them.”
    A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
  • “Hail, ye small, sweet courtesies of life! for smooth do ye make the road of it.”
    A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
  • “We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you water it, because you have planted it.”
    A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Laurence Sterne in order

Books by Laurence Sterne in the order they were published, from Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760) to Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (2017).

  1. 1Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanLife and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman1760
  2. 2The Sermons of Mr. YorickThe Sermons of Mr. Yorick1760
  3. 3A Sentimental Journey Through France & ItalyA Sentimental Journey Through France & Italy1766
  4. 4The Abuses of ConscienceThe Abuses of Conscience2000
  5. 5A Sentimental JourneyA Sentimental Journey2002
  6. 6The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy -Vol IThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy -Vol I2006
  7. 7The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy -Vol IIThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy -Vol II2006
  8. 8The Letters, Part 1: 1739-1764The Letters, Part 1: 1739-17642009
  9. 9Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyLife and Opinions of Tristram Shandy2017
  10. 10A Sentimental Journey with The Journal to Eliza and A PolitiA Sentimental Journey with The Journal to Eliza and A Political Romance
  11. 11Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence SterneFlorida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne
  12. 12La vida y las opiniones del caballero Tristram ShandyLa vida y las opiniones del caballero Tristram Shandy
  13. 13Letters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to His Most InLetters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to His Most Intimate Friends, on Various Occasions, as Published by His Daughter, Mrs. Medalle and Others
  14. 14Sterne's MemoirsSterne's Memoirs
  15. 15The Beauties of SterneThe Beauties of Sterne
  16. 16The Sermons of Laurence SterneThe Sermons of Laurence Sterne
  17. 17Tristam ShandyTristam Shandy
  18. 18Tristram ShandyTristram Shandy

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