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Laurence Sterne


Born
in Clonmel, Ireland
November 24, 1713

Died
March 18, 1768

Genre
Fiction

Influences
Rabelais, Cervantes, John Locke, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Monta ...more


Laurence Sterne was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption (tuberculosis).

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Average rating: 3.64 · 30,986 ratings · 2,371 reviews · 1,544 distinct works • Similar authors
The Life and Opinions of Tr...
3.73 avg rating — 22,802 ratings — published 1767 — 1336 editions
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A Sentimental Journey
3.31 avg rating — 6,316 ratings — published 1768 — 22 editions
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Tristram Shandy; and A Sent...
3.63 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1941 — 8 editions
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A Sentimental Journey and O...
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Un romanzo politico
3.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1759 — 96 editions
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The Life And Opinions Of Tr...
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Delphi Complete Works of La...
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“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.”
― Laurence Sterne
tags: curiosity, inspirational
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“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners”
― Laurence Sterne
tags: manners, morality, morals, respect
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“I begin with writing the first
sentence—and trusting to Almighty
God for the second.”
― Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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February 2015 Old School Classics Poll

Which book would you like to read for our February 2015 Old School Classics group read?

1887, The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, 126 pages
 
  10 votes, 20.0%

1899, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, 195 pages
 
  8 votes, 16.0%

1818, Persuasion by Jane Austen, 249 pages
 
  6 votes, 12.0%

 
  5 votes, 10.0%

 
  5 votes, 10.0%

1853, Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1017 pages
 
  4 votes, 8.0%

 
  4 votes, 8.0%

1871, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 108 pages
 
  3 votes, 6.0%

 
  2 votes, 4.0%

 
  2 votes, 4.0%

 
  1 vote, 2.0%

1877, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 245 pages
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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