{"product_id":"laurence-sterne-4","title":"Laurence Sterne","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1986, \u003ci\u003eLaurence Sterne \u003c\/i\u003efollows Sterne’s life and career from the moment of recognition brought by the successful publication of the first two volumes of \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy, \u003c\/i\u003eto the publication in 1768 of \u003ci\u003eA Sentimental Journey \u003c\/i\u003eand its author’s death three weeks later. Sterne, a consumptive who knew that he would meet an early death, was determined to pack into his life all the writing, adventure and play he could, believing implicitly ‘that every time a man smiles, -- but much more so, when he laughs, that it adds something to this Fragment of Life.’ We see him in his study at Shandy Hall, among the \u003ci\u003ephilosophes \u003c\/i\u003ein Paris, with his family at Toulouse and Montpellier, preaching before the villagers of Coxworld or before the duke of York, and entertaining the bluestockings, the intellectuals, the wits and rakes of 18th century London. We witness Sterne’s struggle, after sailing through the early volumes of \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy, \u003c\/i\u003eto find ways to continue or complete the novel. We watch the disintegration of any meaningful relationship with his wife, his secret amours, his public sentimental flirtations and his hopeless passion for Eliza Draper. This book will be of interest to students of literature, literary history as well as to any casual reader of Sterne’s novels. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247702593880,"sku":"9781032379500","price":173.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032379500.jpg?v=1769089546","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/laurence-sterne-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}