Tristram Shandy

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Tristram Shandy is a comic, digressive 18th-century novel by Laurence Sterne, famous for its unconventional narrative structure and playful metafictional style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic novel
metafictional work
novel
author Laurence Sterne
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
firstPublisher Robert Dodsley
surface form: R. and J. Dodsley
form prose
genre comic novel
experimental literature
metafiction
satirical novel
hasAdaptation A Cock and Bull Story
Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tristram Shandy (1981 TV series)
hasCharacter Corporal Trim
Dr. Slop
Mrs. Shandy
Yorick
surface form: Parson Yorick

Uncle Toby
Walter Shandy
hasMainCharacter Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tristram Shandy (character)
hasPart Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volume 1 of Tristram Shandy

Volume 2 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volume 3 of Tristram Shandy

Volume 4 of Tristram Shandy
Volume 5 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volume 6 of Tristram Shandy

Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volume 7 of Tristram Shandy

Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volume 8 of Tristram Shandy

Volume 9 of Tristram Shandy
influenced modernist literature
postmodern literature
literaryMovement Augustan literature
Enlightenment literature
narrativeStyle digressive
nonlinear
self‑reflexive
narrator Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tristram Shandy (character)
notableFor breaking the fourth wall
digressive storytelling
playful metafictional devices
typographical experimentation
unconventional narrative structure
numberOfVolumes 9
originalLanguage English
placeOfFirstPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationEndDate 1767
publicationStartDate 1759
settingPeriod 18th century
title Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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Ron Cook notableWork Tristram Shandy
this entity surface form: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Michael Winterbottom notableWork Tristram Shandy
this entity surface form: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Michael Winterbottom directorOf Tristram Shandy
this entity surface form: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story basedOn Tristram Shandy
this entity surface form: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne notableWork Tristram Shandy
this entity surface form: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Tristram Shandy hasMainCharacter Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tristram Shandy (character)
Tristram Shandy narrator Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tristram Shandy (character)
Tristram Shandy hasPart Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volume 1 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy hasPart Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volume 3 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy hasPart Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volume 6 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy hasPart Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volume 7 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy hasPart Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volume 8 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy hasAdaptation Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tristram Shandy (1981 TV series)
Tristram Shandy title Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman