The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
British and Irish novelist, 1713–1768.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a 1759 novel by Laurence Sterne.
On 7 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Laurence Sterne
- First published
- 1759
- Length
- 784 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Postmodern
Is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman worth reading?
7 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 20 | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 80 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 19 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 47 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2003), 784 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 784
- ISBN
- 9780141439778
How critics and readers rate The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 76% of the points available on critics' lists, against 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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