Talk:The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

message: I've removed the following text, as I am certain someone has put it here as a joke. If I'm wrong--if there really is a poet named Irving Washington and he really is a contemporary who is adapting Sterne's novel as an epic poem, then at least a citation would be needed. 
The text I deleted: 
Shortly after the release of the film, it was further adapted by Irving Washington as an epic poem in 24 books (not yet published in its entirety).
82.33.200.95 (talk) 17:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I took it out again. The fictionality is clear from the reference to April 1 in the  Grub Street Grackle page where this is sourced .  I can't tell if the person who keeps adding this is overly credulous or in on the gag, but either way it doesn't belong here. · rodii · 03:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: it means washington irving  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 19:06, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Adaptations

message: If the first nine volumes were printed in London around 1760, when was Tristram Shandy first published in North America?
What was the size of the typeface or 'font' in the first few editions of the work?  Do all nine editions share the same size of typeface?
Maybe refer to www.cliffnotes.com for a more coherent explanation of the novel's context and purpose, as the page here is a little scant, to say the least.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.38.94 (talk) 01:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Miscellaneous

message: I've added a para at the start giving a bit of explanation on what the book's actually about.  I also took out the line: The novel, as it stands, is seen by some as an elaborate and ingeniously-executed pun, because I have no idea what it is supposed to mean.  Widsith 08:59, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Synopsis

message: There's a good article in First Monday, which mentions this page and errors in it. It would probably be worth taking a look. Cheers. Cormaggio is learning 11:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention in the media 

message: Any idea who were the originals for Phutatorious(sp?), Diduius, Slawkenbergious?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dugong.is.good.tucker (talk • contribs) 14:47, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who were the originals? 

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message: As a result of the Yorkshire Network GLAMwiki Project there are now the first (of hopefully many) donated images from the Laurence Sterne Trust available on Commons: Category:Images from the Laurence Sterne Trust. I hope that they will be useful for illustrating articles related to Sterne and his works. If there are particular topics that you would like to see more of you may want to search the trust's online collections and contact me with requests. You may also find useful resources on the trust's Sterneana pages. Thanks! PatHadley (talk) 14:32, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image donations from the Laurence Sterne Trust 

message: I think "Techniques and influences" ought to mention The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, in light of its also being a humorous fictional biography told by a somewhat addled narrator who makes digressions so frequent and lengthy as to be a running joke, and also in light of the fact that Tom Jones was probably the most popular novel in English when Sterne was writing Tristram Shandy.  Philgoetz (talk) 16:11, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Techniques and influences 

message: The book is full of dashes, but most of them could be deleted and then the book would look "normal." I would be grateful for an ebook of Tristram Shandy without all these dashes, as an experiment.Marcin862 (talk) 13:14, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dashes 

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thread_title:  Addition of ISBN from Wikidata 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Information that could be added to "Reception and influence" section 

message: :-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)
thread_title:  Clockwinding