The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ([New ed.])

Laurence Sterne's great comic novel, Tristram Shandy, was originally published between 1759 and 1767 in nine small separate volumes, the last appearing shortly before Sterne's death.

The novel sets out to tell the life story of Tristram Shandy, its narrator, beginning with his conception.

However, he has so much to relate about his eccentric family that he does not manage to get born until the 4th volume!