The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

May 2023 - epub format revised and verified by zardox (no changes to book content). Genre: Literature ebook, 1,068 pages Paperback, 735 pages Published: 1759 Edition: Penguin Classics (2003) Guardian/Mccrum 100 Best Novels Editor’s Introduction by: Melvyn New Introduction and Notes by: Christopher Ricks (1967) No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a fiction about fiction-writing in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and genius as the theme of inventing it. It is a joyful celebration of the infinite possibilities of the art of fiction, and a wry demonstration of its limitations. This Penguin Classic contains Christopher Ricks's introductory essay, itself a classic of English literary criticism, together with a new introduction on the recent critical history and influence of Tristram Shandy by Melvyn New. The text and notes are based on the acclaimed Florida Edition, making the scholarship of the Florida editors readily available for the first time.