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Tristram Shandy

By: Laurence Sterne
Narrated by: Anton Lesser
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Laurence Sterne’s most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary 18th-century values. Renowned for its parody of established narrative techniques, Tristram Shandy is commonly regarded as the forerunner of avant-garde fiction. Tristram’s characteristic digressions on a whole range of unlikely subjects (including battle strategy and noses!) are endlessly surprising and make this one of Britain’s greatest comic achievements. A cast of strange characters populate this strangest of novels: gentle Uncle Toby, sarcastic Walter, and of course, the pompous, garrulous Tristram himself. This edition is read by Anton Lesser in a tour de force performance.

Please note: In print, Tristram Shandy is filled with visual, typographical, and compositing jokes - pages that are completely blank, pages that are completely black, misplaced chapters or chapters consisting only of their title, squiggly lines to indicate waving a stick, and much more besides. This audiobook tries in a variety of ways to match Sterne's invention with aural equivalents.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

Download the accompanying reference guide.Public Domain (P)2009 Naxos Audiobooks Classics European Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literary History & Criticism World Literature Fiction Comedy Funny Witty Middle Ages
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The story is wonderfully droll and the narrator did a good job in reading it.

Excellent work and narration.

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An outstanding and engaging reading by Anton Lesser from beginning to end, with superb character voicing.

Great performance of a classic

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