But this week, I'm having to leave the house an hour early, so welcome to a special evening edition of Megan's Reviews.Writing a review in the evening feels weird. For me a book is a physical object to be cherished for its sheer physicality as much as for its sentiment and sense. Writing a review in the evening feels weird. The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)

I wish he'd been able to add a couple of volumes to it; the whole enterprise is so clever and so much less brow-beating than Tristram Shandy that it might've ended up being one of the best books I'd read. Great stuff- unless you're expecting well rounded three dimensional characters and believable plot turns and a coherent narrative and so on. It's quixotic in nature and structure, but Sterne's episodic tales of Yorick, a British clergyman, fall well short of the brilliance of Cervantes famous character. Sometimes, I read a book that is widely acclaimed as a classic, a masterpiece, a part of the literary canon, and my reaction is "Eh", or possibly "Meh". Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey was written in the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War, and is arguably influenced by the author’s travels on the continent during this period of conflict, in 1762. Following the wildly successfuly, and no less diffuse "Tristram Shandy," Sterne crafts a much smaller, but no less intense work, recounting the misadventures of Parson Yorick, himself a character in the earlier novel. Instead, he focuses on his sweet and affectionate emotions, experiencing them everywhere he goes and with every creature who crosses his path — from bursts of sympathy for a caged bird and an abused donkey, to bonhomie among peasants at … But Yorick is not cast down for long - via a method There is so much irreverent humour in this book and so much of the ridiculous that it's almost like a precursor to Monty Python. Light readers steer clear. It's not all spelled out. Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded (Oxford World's Classics) He is basically motivated by translating people and places, and also sex. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2014 The story, point of the book, was hard to determine - it was a diary of events rather anything else.This is one of the more difficult books I've ever read, which is unusual considering it's barely more than 100 pages. Another great example of why you need to really think about what a book's trying to do before you judge it. And that word, if I may so delicately disclose, is CUNT. It's why it's funny. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin Classics) Sterne made such a trip and having met the grumpy Tobias Smollett he made this much lighter reply to those who could not manage to enjoy their travel. It's a travel tale in which the first-person narrator drifts from incident to incident and it is always the idiosyncratic power of his voice that carries us along.

I can't say I really enjoyed this.

As a result, I have difficulty giving a coherent account of the entire book, but recall that parts of it were very amusing. It's quixotic in nature and structure, but Sterne's episodic tales of Yorick, a British clergyman, fall well short of the brilliance of Cervantes famous character. Ce livre est un classique mais nécessite des explications préalables pour être parfaitement compris. That assumption is reinforced by all the glowing reviews here and elsewhere; when I am that far out of step, best to ignore me.

A writer Tobias Smollett made a travelogue that consisted of him bitching about everything he saw and did, and Sterne wrote a direct satirical response (skewering) based on his own travels.

Evelina (Oxford World's Classics) Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. If you're a "Tristram Shandy" fan, it's a must. The book is less experimental than The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, but still a joy. The wit is irresistible.

It's unfinished--Sterne planned four volumes but died with only two published--so Yorick doesn't make it as far as Italy, which makes the title unintentionally absurd, too. The Grand Tour of Europe was in its early years and was mostly for the wealthy. Il libro è arrivato nel tempo previsto di consegna , nel modo più sicuro e semplice . In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. In this sense, the book is invaluable. The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Oxford World's Classics) maybe this book is just dated (im being generous). The second book in a row I've read with dialogues without quotation marks though this one understandably is more epistolary in style. i haven't read all 7 vols, but did "sentimental journey through france and italy" in weeks edited "great short novels" i haven't read all 7 vols, but did "sentimental journey through france and italy" in weeks edited "great short novels" [The main character, Yorrick goes traveling in a spontaneous fashion. Because while its mocking Smollett (rendered Smellfungus by Sterne) is its baI was sold on Sentimental Journey from the very concept. My first choice for A Sentimental Journey is the Oxford World's Classics edition edited by Ian Jack and Tim Parnell. But Yorick is not cast down for long - via a method of flattery and making love to any lady he happens across, he manages to get across France (although in a very Sterne-ian moment, the traveller on this "Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy" never actually quite makes it to the second country in the title). Still... it was a tad hard to read. It's more innocent slapstick. It demonstrates how a gentleman from a culture finer than our own (whether we're American, English, or whatever) thinks and especially feels about life. I was first assigned it in university as part of a course on 18th century literature, during a period of my studies in which I didn't read anything I hadn't heard of, because only what is suitably canonical to reach my attention could be worth my time.