'I am got, I know not how, into a cold unmetaphorical vein of infamous writing, and cannot take a plumb-lift out of it for my soul; so must be obliged to go on writing like a Dutch commentator to the end of the chapter, unless something...

Endlessly digressive, boundlessly imaginative and unmatched in its absurd and timeless witLaurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that...

About the Book A Biographical work provides a detailed description of a person's life own like (autobiography), or that of another person's life (biography). A biographical work delves deeply into a person's experience of major life...

Eine empfindsame Reise durch Frankreich und Italien von Sterne, Laurence

Mit spitzer Feder und Augenzwinkern skizziert Laurence Sterne die Reise seines Alter Egos Reverend Yorick. Die "Empfindsame Reise" sollte Sternes letztes literarisches Meisterwerk werden. von Sterne, Laurence;

Purporting to be an autobiography of the antihero Tristram Shandy, Lawrence Sterne's novel is a comic masterpiece of digression, egoism and sensationalism, as its hilarious asides, explanations and host of memorable secondary characters...

This revised edition of Sterne's great comic novel retains the first edition text incorporating Sterne's later changes, and adds two original Hogarth illustrations and a wealth of contextualizing information. Tristram's fictional...

A Sentimental Journey tells the story of Mr Yorick's travels through France and Italy and parodies contemporary travel works, most notably those by Smollett. This new edition includes a selection from The Sermons of Mr Yorick as well as...

"Funny, human, highly learned and literary, sexy, and filled with psychological nuances that remain unrivaled at the hands of any other psychological writer." -André AcimanA Penguin ClassicA Sentimental Journey is a novel without a plot,...

Laurence Sterne veröffentlichte seinen Roman Tristram Shandy zwischen 1759 und 1767 ursprünglich in 9 Einzelbänden.Der Titelheld berichtet aus seinem jungen Leben sehr ausschweifend, so dass er nicht über die ersten 5 Jahre hinauskommt....

Mit seinem 1767 fertiggestellten satirischen Roman gilt Lawrence Sterne als ein früher Wegbereiter der literarischen Moderne. Mit kühnen Sprüngen in der zeitlichen Abfolge, einer höchst eigenwilligen Typografie und labyrinthischen...

Unveränderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1856. von Sterne, Laurence