Laurence Sterne

Nationality

Irish

Description

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Irish-born English-language novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting tuberculosis.

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Gender

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The best books of all time by Laurence Sterne

  1. 46 . Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne

    As its title suggests, the book is ostensibly Tristram's narration of his life story. But it is one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make expla...

  2. 1465 . A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne

    A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as ...