Questions tagged [tristram-shandy]

"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman", comic novel by Laurence Sterne (nine volumes, 1759–1767). Use with the [laurence-sterne] tag.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
10 votes
1 answer
1k views

What is the unmentionable Italian instrument in Tristram Shandy?

In Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy (Volume 1, Chapter XXIII) Shandy is discussing - if I am not mistaken - how people's character may be inferred from external appearances. Some, for instance, draw ...
  • 1,867
1 vote
1 answer
66 views

Who is Thomas o' Becket" in Tristram Shandy?

Who is Thomas o'Becket in chapter 2, vol.7 of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman? So without arguing the matter further with Thomas o’Becket, or any one else— St. Becket is of ...