Chapters (35)
- PREFATORY NOTE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- LONDON TRIUMPHS.—FIRST SET OF SERMONS.—"TRISTRAM SHANDY," VOLS. III. AND IV.—COXWOLD.—"TRISTRAM SHANDY," VOLS. V. AND VI.—FIRST VISIT TO THE CONTINENT.—PARIS.—TOULOUSE. CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- STERNE. CHAPTER I.
- BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EARLY YEARS.
- CHAPTER II.
- SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY.—HALIFAX AND CAMBRIDGE.
- CHAPTER III.
- LIFE AT SUTTON.—MARRIAGE.—THE PARISH PRIEST.
- CHAPTER IV.
- "TRISTRAM SHANDY," VOLS. I. AND II.
- CHAPTER V.
- LONDON TRIUMPHS.—FIRST SET OF SERMONS.—"TRISTRAM SHANDY," VOLS. III. AND IV.—COXWOLD.—VOLS. V. AND VI.—FIRST VISIT TO THE CONTINENT.—PARIS.—TOULOUSE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- LIFE IN THE SOUTH.—RETURN TO ENGLAND.—VOLS. VII. AND VIII.—SECOND SET OF SERMONS.
- CHAPTER VII.
- FRANCE AND ITALY.—MEETING WITH WIFE AND DAUGHTER.—RETURN TO ENGLAND.—"TRISTRAM SHANDY," VOL. IX.—"THE SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY."
- CHAPTER VIII.
- LAST DAYS AND DEATH.
- CHAPTER IX.
- STERNE AS A WRITER.—THE CHARGE OF PLAGIARISM.—DR. FERRIAR'S "ILLUSTRATIONS."
- CHAPTER X.
- STYLE AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS.—HUMOUR AND SENTIMENT.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CREATIVE AND DRAMATIC POWER.—PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.
- THE END.
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