# Talk:The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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The section about "Reception and influence" is fairly complete and well sourced and redacted, can be expanded, as there were more writers influenced by Sterne.
One of them was Leo Tolstoy, for which Sterne's example was very important in his first experiments and the creation of his style. Direct sources of this are 1) a list which Tolstoy compiled in his old age, and where he counts Sterne's works between the books that influenced him the most (see for example here: http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/leo-tolstoy-creates-a-list-of-the-50-books-that-influenced-him-most-1891.html (but the same information can be found in other websites) and 2) direct references, admiration and discussion of Sterne in Tolstoy's diaries of his youth (for this one should go to the source material, which is free and accessible on the Inrernet, and search for it). The text added to the article (with the sources) should not be too long, maybe about two sentences, one stating the fact and the second speaking about the influence on Tolstoy's earliest works and the creation of his style.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.78.245.28 (talk) 12:28, 3 September 2019 (UTC) 

-D Wow!
Is there a connection between the Tristram passage and the Irish song "The German Clockwinder"? 
Like, one got the idea of (connecting that with the sexual act) from the other - and if so, which way round? 2A02:3035:C14:B03F:1:0:3F09:B5 (talk) 17:05, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

This section has no sources. When it was originally added it did, but the sources were quickly removed with an editor alleging someone just trying to advertise their own work. This has unfortunately led to a section with no sources at all. I am not a literature person (I just like the funny 18th century meme book) and someone more involved with this area should probably decide if the sources should be restored or the section removed Furbybrain (talk) 14:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)