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Laurence Sterne

Born

in Clonmel, Ireland

November 24, 1713

Died

March 18, 1768

Genre

Fiction

Influences

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Laurence Sterne was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption (tuberculosis).

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Average rating: 3.63 · 31,699 ratings · 2,495 reviews · 1,551 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 3.72 avg rating — 23,147 ratings — published 1767 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sentimental Journey 3.30 avg rating — 6,500 ratings — published 1768 — 172 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tristram Shandy; and A Sentimental Journey 3.64 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 1941 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings by Laurence Sterne, Tim Parnell (Editor), Ian Jack (Editor) 3.09 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1768 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sentimental Journey: With The Journal to Eliza and A Political Romance by Laurence Sterne, Ian Jack (Editor) 3.17 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1968 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un romanzo politico 3.21 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1759 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life And Opinions Of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman; Volume 2 3.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2008 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy and Continuation of the Bramine's Journal by Laurence Sterne, Melvyn New (Editor), W. G. Day (Editor) 2.62 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2000 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: & a Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; Volume 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.”
― Laurence Sterne

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“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners”
― Laurence Sterne

tags: manners, morality, morals, respect

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“I begin with writing the first
sentence—and trusting to Almighty
God for the second.”
― Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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October 2014 Old School Classic Poll

Which book would you like to read for our October 2014 Old School Classic Group Read?

1897, The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, 192pp

31 votes, 17.1%

1868, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 449pp

26 votes, 14.4%

1842, Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, 464pp

21 votes, 11.6%

1853, Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1017pp

14 votes, 7.7%

1853, Villette by Charlotte Brontë, 573pp

14 votes, 7.7%

1602, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 289pp

14 votes, 7.7%

1862, Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 244pp

11 votes, 6.1%

1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 438pp

11 votes, 6.1%

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904pp

10 votes, 5.5%

1848, La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, 256pp

7 votes, 3.9%

800, Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Unknown, 213pp

6 votes, 3.3%

1759, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, 588pp

5 votes, 2.8%

1874, The Temptation of St. Antony by Gustave Flaubert, 304pp

3 votes, 1.7%

1819, The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott, 400pp

3 votes, 1.7%

1885, Juan de La Rosa: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement by Nataniel Aguirre, 368pp

3 votes, 1.7%

1864, Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 528pp

2 votes, 1.1%

181 total votes

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