description: Tristram Shandy is an ironic masterpiece, a work of extraordinary originality, wit and learning. It is a work of considerable philosophical complexity but at the same time it is just a piece of it has been called the longest shaggy dog story in English Literature. It is both a classic novel and an anti-novel. It includes passages of seemingly-serious theology - but it can also be read as an elaborate bawdy joke. Berlioz, Franck, Massenet, Weber and others
language: English
title: Tristram Shandy: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
titlecomplete: Tristram Shandy: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
characters: Mrs. Shandy, Tristram Shandy, Mr. Shandy, Yorick, Uncle Toby, Trim
genres: Fiction, English Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Humor, Literature, 18th Century, Classics, Novels, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 21273
publisher: Macmillan Pub Co