Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy is an uproarious comic novel that satirizes many of the conventions of society while at the same time plays with the conventions of the novel, a relatively new genre in England at the time. Sterne was a clergyman, but this did not prevent him from taking a vigorous delight in romance and human weakness. Here, Uncle Toby, who has been questioned by the Widow Wagman about his war wound, offers to show her the very place.
Forbes Magazine Collection, London /Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York
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