1818 Tristram Shandy by Laurence outlet Stem antique printed for J Bumpus 6, Holborn-Bars Vol III Life and Opinions

1818 Tristram Shandy by Laurence Steme Antique book printed for J Bumpus 6, Holborn-Bars Vol III Life and Opinions.

Beautiful copy of an antique. Great starter antique book for someone interested in early novels.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, also known as Tristram Shandy, is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first in outlet 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years It purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its style is marked by digression, double entendre, and graphic devices.

Tristram Shandy set the stage for experimental literature. It was perhaps the first stream-of-consciousness narrative – a style later adopted by James Joyce. Sterne's exploration of what constitutes a novel, and of the relationship between author and reader had a big influence on writers like Virginia Woolf.

Brown Cloth Bound boards. Pastedown title label on spine. Previous owners book plate on inside front page, James Wale of Leicester. Hand bound. Page signatures comprised by different length of paper.259 pages.

Beautiful handwriting at top of title page, John Frost, dated 1828.

Inside pages in very good condition. Binding tight. Outside cover shows some wear, paper cover over board is coming away. Soiling from normal age.

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