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 flim-flam: 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. With music by Handel.
language: English
title: Tristram Shandy
titlecomplete: Tristram Shandy
characters: Uncle Toby, Trim, Mr. Shandy, Tristram Shandy, Mrs. Shandy, Yorick
genres: Classics, British Literature, 18th Century, English Literature, Humor, Novels, Classic Literature, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 21270
publisher: Naxos Audio Books