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Laurence Sterne


Born
in Clonmel, Ireland
November 24, 1713

Died
March 18, 1768

Genre
Fiction

Influences
Rabelais, Cervantes, John Locke, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Monta ...more


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 · 31,681 ratings · 2,489 reviews · 1,552 distinct works • Similar authors
The Life and Opinions of Tr...
3.72 avg rating — 23,136 ratings — published 1767 — 339 editions
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A Sentimental Journey
3.30 avg rating — 6,494 ratings — published 1768 — 671 editions
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Tristram Shandy; and A Sent...
3.64 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 1941 — 8 editions
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A Sentimental Journey and O...
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3.09 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1768 — 14 editions
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Un romanzo politico
3.21 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1759 — 96 editions
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The Life And Opinions Of Tr...
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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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Polls

1st Quarter 2018 Long Read Poll

Ulysses by James Joyce, 1922, 810 pages
 
  69 votes, 20.0%

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 1849, 974 pages
 
  67 votes, 19.4%

The Arabian Nights, 800, 1049 pages
 
  46 votes, 13.3%

 
  41 votes, 11.9%

 
  24 votes, 7.0%

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 1985, 945 pages
 
  19 votes, 5.5%

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, 1913, 654 pages
 
  19 votes, 5.5%

 
  14 votes, 4.1%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353, 909 pages
 
  14 votes, 4.1%

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas, 1845, 788 pages
 
  10 votes, 2.9%

 
  6 votes, 1.7%

From Here to Eternity by James Jones, 1951, 816 pages
 
  6 votes, 1.7%

 
  6 votes, 1.7%

Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens, 1948, 614 pages
 
  2 votes, 0.6%

 
  2 votes, 0.6%

345 total votes
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