Author: STERNE (Laurence):
Title: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman A New Edition.
Description: London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. Dodsley, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, and J. Murray, 1782. 6 volumes. 8vo, 160 x 96 mms., pp. [vi], 119 [230 blank]; [3] 4 - 238 [239 adverts, 240 blank]; [vi], 248; [iv], 224; [ii], 222; [ii], 205 [206 blank], half-title in volume 1, Kkv (page 152 in volume 2 blank, six engraved frontispieces, including two by Hogarth (off-setting on title-pages), black leaf (PP. 67- 68 in volume 1), no marbled leaf, attractively bound in full fair contemporary calf, spines ornately gilt, red morocco labels and numbering labels; corners sightly crushed and spines a bit faded, but a very good set. William Kenrick was the first to review Tristram Shandy in January, 1760, in the Monthly Review. His conclusion would please any author: "On the whole, we will venture to recommend Mr. Tristram Shandy, as a writer infinitely more ingenious and entertaining any any other of the present race of novelists. His characters are striking and singular, his observations shrewd and pertinent; and, making a few exceptions, his humour is easy and genuine."

Keywords: fiction humour literature


See more books from our catalog: Fiction