A Sentimental Journey: Through France And Italy By Mr. Yorick [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Sterne, Laurence

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ISBN 10: 0486434737 ISBN 13: 9780486434735

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2004

Riassunto

Mr. Yorick, the sentimental traveller, refrains from the customary reflections on monuments and landscapes. 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 dinner and flirtation with women of every social degree. Closer in spirit to a novel than a travelogue, Mr. Yorick's account of his wanderings satirizes conventional travel books, and his comic mishaps along the path to tender emotions are as much a critique of pure sentiment as they are an exploration of human sympathy. Unabridged republication of the classic 1768 edition.

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L'autore:

Laurence Sterne (1713 - 1768), an Irish - born English novelist, satirist, and Anglican clergyman, was born in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland. He was educated atJesus College Cambridge and becamea priest in 1738. He is known for his masterpiece The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman,one of the greatest comic novels written in English. His other novel,A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768), was almost equally famous.

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Best known for his novel Tristram Shandy, author Laurence Sterne drew upon his experiences in the 1760s, when he travelled extensively through France and Italy, to create this fictional travelogue. Generations have delighted in the narrative of Mr. Yorick, the Sentimental Traveller, who seeks tender moments but chiefly finds misadventures.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0486434737
• ISBN 13: 9780486434735
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 108