Tristram Shandy

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:television_series
gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:theater
gptkb:film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Laurence_Sterne
gptkbp:character gptkb:Dr._Slop
gptkb:Walter_Shandy
gptkb:Toby_Shandy
Susannah
Tristram's father
the Widow Wadman
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews initially
later regarded as a classic
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced many writers
gptkbp:genre gptkb:humor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tristram Shandy
gptkbp:influence postmodern literature
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Julian_Barnes
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Tristram_Shandy
gptkbp:narrative_style stream of consciousness
gptkbp:notable_for nonlinear narrative
gptkbp:notable_quote The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
I am not a man of letters.
The world is a great book.
I am a very old man.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not said it.
I wish I could be as sure of anything as I am of this.
gptkbp:number_of_volumes gptkb:9
gptkbp:published 1759
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:R._and_J._Dodsley
gptkbp:setting gptkb:England
gptkbp:style playful
satirical
self-referential
digressive
gptkbp:theme gptkb:narrative_structure
gptkb:fate
gptkb:identity
gptkb:memory
gptkb:time
gptkbp:written_by gptkb:Laurence_Sterne
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5