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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne

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about 13.5 h
Length
186,394 words · 728 pages
Structure
310 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Enlightenment

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Contents

  1. Volume I
  2. Chap. I
  3. Chap. II
  4. Chap. III
  5. Chap. IV
  6. Chap. V
  7. Chap. VI
  8. Chap. VII
  9. Chap. VIII
  10. Chap. IX
  11. Chap. X
  12. Chap. XI
  13. Chap. XII
  14. Chap. XIII
  15. Chap. XIV
  16. Chap. XV
  17. Chap. XVI
  18. Chap. XVII
  19. Chap. XVIII
  20. Chap. XIX
  21. Chap. XX
  22. Chap. XXI
  23. Chap. XXII
  24. Chap. XXIII
  25. Chap. XXIV
  26. Chap. XXV
  27. Chap. XXVI
  28. Chap. XXVII
  29. Chap. XXVIII
  30. Chap. XXIX
  31. Chap. XXX
  32. Chap. XXXI
  33. Chap. XXXII
  34. Chap. XXXIII
  35. Chap. XXXIV
  36. Chap. XXXV
  37. Chap. XXXVI
  38. Chap. XXXVII
  39. Chap. XXXVIII
  40. Chap. XXXIX
  41. Chap. XL
  42. Chap. XLI
  43. Chap. XLII
  44. Chap. XLIII
  45. Chap. XLIV
  46. Chap. XLV
  47. Chap. XLVI — “—WHAT prodigious armies you had in Flanders!“—
  48. Chap. XLVII
  49. Chap. XLVIII
  50. Chap. XLIX
  51. Chap. L — “WHAT prodigious armies you had in Flanders!“
  52. Chap. LI
  53. Chap. LII
  54. Volume the Second
  55. Chap. I
  56. Chap. II
  57. Chap. IV
  58. Chap. V
  59. Chap. VI
  60. Chap. VII
  61. Chap. VIII
  62. Chap. IX
  63. Chap. X
  64. Chap. XI
  65. Chap. XII
  66. Chap. XIII
  67. Chap. XIV
  68. Chap. XV
  69. Chap. XVI
  70. Chap. XVII
  71. Chap. XVIII
  72. Chap. XIX
  73. Chap. XX
  74. Chap. XXI
  75. Chap. XXII
  76. Chap. XXIII
  77. Chap. XXIV
  78. Chap. XXV
  79. Chap. XXVI
  80. Chap. XXVII
  81. Chap. XXVIII
  82. Chap. XXIX
  83. Chap. XXX
  84. Chap. XXXI
  85. Chap. XXXII
  86. Chap. XXXIII
  87. Chap. XXXIV
  88. Chap. XXXV
  89. Chap. XXXVI
  90. Chap. XXXVII
  91. Chap. XXXVIII
  92. Chap. XXXIX
  93. Chap. XL
  94. Chap. XLI
  95. Chap. XLII
  96. Chap. XLIII
  97. Chap. XLIV
  98. Chap. XLV
  99. Chap. XLVI
  100. Chap. XLVII
  101. Chap. Xvliii
  102. Chap. XLIX
  103. Chap. L
  104. Chap. LI
  105. Chap. LII
  106. Chap. LIII
  107. Chap. LIV
  108. Chap. LV
  109. Chap. LVI
  110. Chap. LVII
  111. Chap. LVIII
  112. Chap. LX
  113. Chap. LXI
  114. Chap. LXII
  115. Chap. LXIII
  116. Chap. LXIV
  117. Chap. LXV
  118. Chap. LXVI
  119. Chap. LXVII
  120. Volume the Third
  121. Chap. I
  122. Chap. II
  123. Chap. III
  124. Chap. IV
  125. Chap. V
  126. Chap. VI
  127. Chap. VII
  128. Chap. VIII
  129. Chap. IX
  130. Chap. X
  131. Chap. XI
  132. Chap. XII
  133. Chap. XIII
  134. Chap. XIV
  135. Chap. XV
  136. Chap. XVI
  137. Chap. XVII
  138. Chap. XVIII
  139. Chap. XIX
  140. Chap. XX
  141. Chap. XXI
  142. Chap. XXII
  143. Chap. XXIII
  144. Chap. XXIV
  145. Chap. XXV
  146. Chap. XXVI
  147. Chap. XXVII
  148. Chap. XXVIII
  149. Chap. XXIX
  150. Chap. XXX
  151. Chap. XXXI
  152. Chap. XXXII
  153. Chap. Xxxiiiv
  154. Chap. XXXIV
  155. Chap. XXXV — “THE two great causes, which conspire with each other to shorten life, says lord Verulam, are first——
  156. Chap. XXXVI
  157. Chap. XXXVII
  158. Chap. XXXVIII
  159. Chap. XXXIX
  160. Chap. XL
  161. Chap. XLI
  162. Chap. XLII
  163. Chap. XLIII
  164. Chap. XLIV
  165. Chap. XLV
  166. Chap. XLVI
  167. Chap. XLVII
  168. Chap. XLVIII
  169. Chap. XLIX — The Story of Le Fever
  170. Chap. L — The Story of Le Fever Continued
  171. Chap. LI — The Story of Le Fever Continued
  172. Chap. LII
  173. Chap. LIII — The Story of Le Fever Continued
  174. Chap. LIV
  175. C — H a P. LV
  176. Chap. LVI
  177. Chap. LVII
  178. Chap. LVIII
  179. Chap. LIX
  180. Chap. LX
  181. Chap. LXI
  182. Chap. LXII
  183. Chap. LXIII — WE are now going to enter upon a new scene of events.——
  184. Chap. LXIV
  185. Chap. LXV
  186. Chap. LXVI
  187. Chap. LXVII
  188. Chap. LXVIII
  189. Chap. LXIX
  190. Chap. LXX
  191. Chap. LXXI
  192. Chap. LXXII
  193. Chap. LXXIII
  194. Chap. LXXIV
  195. Chap. LXXV — My Uncle Toby’s Apologetical Oration
  196. Chap. LXXVI
  197. Chap. LXXVII
  198. Chap. LXXVIII
  199. Chap. LXXIX
  200. Chap. LXXX
  201. Chap. LXXXI
  202. Chap. LXXXII
  203. Chap. LXXXIII
  204. Chap. LXXXIV
  205. Chap. LXXXV
  206. Chap. LXXXVI
  207. Chap. LXXXVII
  208. Chap. LXXXVIII — CALAIS, Calatium, Calusium, Calesium
  209. Chap. LXXXIX
  210. Chap. XC
  211. Chap. XCI
  212. Chap. XCII
  213. Chap. XCIII
  214. Chap. XCIV
  215. Chap. XCV
  216. Chap. XCVI
  217. Chap. XCVII
  218. Chap. XCVIII
  219. Chap. XCIX
  220. Chap. C
  221. Chap. CI
  222. Chap. CII
  223. Volume the Fourth
  224. Dedication
  225. Chap. I
  226. Chap. II
  227. Chap. III
  228. Chap. IV — WE are ruin’d and undone, my child, said the abbess to Margarita,——we shall be here all night——we shall be plunder’d——we shall be ravished——
  229. Chap. V
  230. Chap. VI
  231. Chap. VII
  232. Chap. VIII
  233. Chap. IX
  234. Chap. X
  235. Chap. XI
  236. Chap. XII
  237. Chap. XIII
  238. Chap. XIV
  239. Chap. XV
  240. Chap. XVI
  241. Chap. XVII
  242. Chap. XVIII
  243. Chap. XIX
  244. Chap. XX
  245. Chap. XXI
  246. Chap. XXII
  247. Chap. XXIII
  248. Chap. XXIV
  249. Chap. XXV
  250. Chap. XXVI — IT is with LOVE as with CUCKOLDOM——
  251. Chap. XXVII
  252. Chap. XXVIII
  253. Chap. XXIX
  254. Chap. XXX
  255. Chap. XXXI
  256. Chap. XXXII
  257. Chap. XXXIII
  258. Chap. XXXIV
  259. Chap. XXXV
  260. Chap. XXXVI
  261. Chap. XXXVII
  262. Chap. XXXVIII
  263. Chap. XXXIX
  264. Chap. XL
  265. Chap. XLI
  266. Chap. XLII
  267. Chap. XLIII — IT was a thousand pities——though I believe, an’ please your honour, I am going to say but a foolish kind of a thing for a soldier——
  268. Chap. XLIV
  269. Chap. XLV
  270. Chap. XLVI
  271. Chap. XLVII
  272. Chap. XLVIII
  273. Chap. XLIX
  274. Chap. L
  275. Chap. LI
  276. Chap. LII
  277. Chap. LIII
  278. Chap. LIV
  279. Chap. LV
  280. Chap. LVI
  281. Chap. LVII
  282. Chap. LVIII
  283. Chap. LIX
  284. Chap. LX
  285. Chap. LXI
  286. Chap. LXII
  287. Chap. LXIII
  288. Chap. LXIV
  289. Chap. LXV
  290. Chap. LXVI
  291. Chap. LXVII
  292. Chap. LXVIII
  293. Chap. LXIX
  294. Chap. LXX
  295. Chap. LXXI
  296. Chap. LXXII — NOW in ordinary cases, that is, when I am only stupid, and the thoughts rise heavily and pass gummous through my pen——
  297. Chap. LXXIII
  298. Chap. LXXIV
  299. Chap. LXXV
  300. Chap. LXXVI
  301. Chap. LXXX
  302. Chap. LXXXI
  303. Chap. LXXXII
  304. Chap. LXXXIII
  305. Chap. LXXXIV
  306. Chapter Seventy-seventh
  307. Chapter the Seventy-eighth
  308. Chap. LXXXV
  309. Chap. LXXXVI
  310. Chap. LXXXVII
  311. Chap. LXXXVIII — IT was like the momentary contest in the moist eye-lids of an April morning, “Whether Bridget should laugh or cry.”
  312. Chap. LXXXIX
  313. Chap. XC
  314. Chap. XCI
  315. Chap. XCII

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