Introduces us to a group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. This book involves the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography. It anticipates modernism and postmodernism.

The novel features such memorable characters as Tristram’s parents, his tender uncle Toby, the “man-midwife” Dr. Slop, and pastor Yorick. “Tristram Shandy and its author, Laurence Sterne, are so intensely modern in mood and attitude ...

Laurence Sterne, a clergyman and novelist, drew inspiration from his own travels through France and Italy to write this profound work.