The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

By Laurence Sterne.

Table of Contents

1. Titlepage
2. Imprint
3. Introduction
4. Epigraph
5. To the Right Honourable Mr. Pitt
6. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
   1. Book I
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI
      7. VII
      8. VIII
      9. IX
      10. X
      11. XI
      12. XII
      13. XIII
      14. XIV
      15. XV
      16. XVI
      17. XVII
      18. XVIII
      19. XIX
      20. XX
      21. XXI
      22. XXII
      23. XXIII
      24. XXIV
      25. XXV
   2. Book II
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI
      7. VII
      8. VIII
      9. IX
      10. X
      11. XI
      12. XII
      13. XIII
      14. XIV
      15. XV
      16. XVI
      17. XVII
      18. XVIII
      19. XIX
   3. Book III
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI
      7. VII
      8. VIII
      9. IX
      10. X
      11. XI: Excommunicatio
      12. XI
      13. XII
      14. XIII
      15. XIV
      16. XV
      17. XVI
      18. XVII
      19. XVIII
      20. XIX
      21. XX
      22. The Author’s Preface
      23. XXI
      24. XXII
      25. XXIII
      26. XXIV
      27. XXV
      28. XXVI
      29. XXVII
      30. XXVIII
      31. XXIX
      32. XXX
      33. XXXI
      34. XXXII
      35. XXXIII
      36. XXXIV
      37. XXXV
      38. XXXVI
      39. XXXVII
      40. XXXVIII
      41. XXXIX
      42. XL
      43. XLI
      44. XLII
   4. Book IV
      1. Slawkenbergii Fabella
      2. Slawkenbergius’s Tale
      3. I
      4. II
      5. III
      6. IV
      7. V
      8. VI
      9. VII
      10. VIII
      11. IX
      12. X
      13. XI
      14. XII
      15. XIII
      16. XIV
      17. XV
      18. XVI
      19. XVII
      20. XVIII
      21. XIX
          1. My Father’s Lamentation
      22. XX
      23. XXI
      24. XXII
      25. XXIII
      26. XXV
      27. XXVI
      28. XXVII
      29. XXVIII
      30. XXIX
      31. XXX
      32. XXXI
      33. XXXII
   5. Book V
      1. To the Right Honourable John, Lord Viscount Spencer
      2. I
         1. Upon Whiskers
         2. The Fragment
      3. II
      4. III
      5. IV
      6. V
      7. VI
      8. VII
      9. VIII
      10. IX
      11. X
      12. XI
      13. XII
      14. XIII
      15. XIV
      16. XV
      17. XVI
      18. XVII
      19. XVIII
      20. XIX
      21. XX
      22. XXI
      23. XXII
      24. XXIII
      25. XXIV
      26. XXV
      27. XXVI
      28. XXVII
      29. XXVIII
      30. XXIX
      31. XXX
      32. XXXI
      33. XXXII
      34. XXXIII
      35. XXXIV
      36. XXXV
      37. XXXVI
      38. XXXVII
      39. XXXVIII
      40. XXXIX
      41. XL
      42. XLI
      43. XLII
      44. XLIII
   6. Book VI
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI: The Story of Le Fever
      7. VII: The Story of Le Fever Continued
      8. VIII: The Story of Le Fever Continued
      9. IX
      10. X: The Story of Le Fever Continued
      11. XI
      12. XII
      13. XIII
      14. XIV
      15. XV
      16. XVI
      17. XVII
      18. XVIII
      19. XIX
      20. XX
      21. XXI
      22. XXII
      23. XXIII
      24. XXIV
      25. XXV
      26. XXVI
      27. XXVII
      28. XXVIII
      29. XXIX
      30. XXX
      31. XXXI
      32. XXXII: My Uncle Toby’s Apologetical Oration
      33. XXXIII
      34. XXXIV
      35. XXXV
      36. XXXVI
      37. XXXVII
      38. XXXVIII
      39. XXXIX
      40. XL
   7. Book VII
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI
      7. VII
      8. VIII
      9. IX
      10. X
      11. XI
      12. XII
      13. XIII
      14. XIV
      15. XV
      16. XVI
      17. XVII
      18. XVIII
      19. XIX
      20. XX
      21. XXI
      22. XXII
      23. XXIII
      24. XXIV
      25. XXV
      26. XXVI
      27. XXVII
      28. XXVIII
      29. XXIX
      30. XXX
      31. XXXI
      32. XXXII
      33. XXXIII
      34. XXXIV
      35. XXXV
      36. XXXVI
      37. XXXVII
      38. XXXVIII
      39. XXXIX
      40. XL
      41. XLI
      42. XLII
      43. XLIII
   8. Book VIII
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI
      7. VII
      8. VIII
      9. IX
      10. X
      11. XI
      12. XII
      13. XIII
      14. XIV
      15. XV
      16. XVI
      17. XVII
      18. XVIII
      19. XIX
      20. XX
      21. XXI
      22. XXII
      23. XXIII
      24. XXIV
      25. XXV
      26. XXVI
      27. XXVII
      28. XXVIII
      29. XXIX
      30. XXX
      31. XXXI
      32. XXXII
      33. XXXIII
      34. XXXIV
      35. XXXV
   9. Book IX
      1. A Dedication to a Great Man
      2. I
      3. II
      4. III
      5. IV
      6. V
      7. VI
      8. VII
      9. VIII
      10. IX
      11. X
      12. XI
      13. XII
      14. XIII
      15. XIV
      16. XV
      17. XVI
      18. XVII
      19. XVIII
      20. XIX
      21. XX
      22. XXI
      23. XXII
      24. XXIII
      25. XXIV
          1. The Invocation
      26. XXV
      27. The Eighteenth Chapter
      28. Chapter the Nineteenth
      29. XXVI
      30. XXVII
      31. XXVIII
      32. XXIX
      33. XXX
      34. XXXI
      35. XXXII
      36. XXXIII
7. Endnotes
8. List of Illustrations
9. Colophon
10. Uncopyright

Imprint

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Introduction

It can hardly be said that Sterne was an unfortunate person during his lifetime, though he seems to have thought himself so. His childhood was indeed a little necessitous, and he died early, and in debt, after some years of very bad health. But from the time when he went to Cambridge, things went on the whole very fairly well with him in respect of fortune; his ill-health does not seem to have caused him much disquiet; his