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A Sentimental Journey; Journal to Eliza (Everyman's Library, No. 796)
by Sterne, Laurence
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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About This Item
London (Aldine House, Bedford St): J M Dent & Sons, 1940. Reissue . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxii, 222pp, 4, 8. Includes introduction by George Saintsbury and, at rear, a short essay by Ernst Rhys on the Everyman's Library and then 8 pages of publishers adverts at rear. In orange cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and blind motif on front panel; top edge stained blue (boards very slightly darkened on extreme edges). Decorated endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Includes an original Everyman Library bookmark, laid in loosely. In its original dust jacket (a little chapped at edges and mildly faded, especially over spine).
Synopsis
A Sentimental Journey is a novel without a plot, a journey without a destination. It records the adventures of the amiable Parson Yorick, as he sets off on his travels through France and Italy, relishing his encounters with all manner of men and women-particularly the pretty ones. Sterne's tale rapidly moves away from the narrative of travel to become a series of dramatic sketches, ironic incidents, philosophical musings, reminiscences, and anecdotes; sharp wit is mixed with gaiety, irony with tender feeling. With A Sentimental Journey , as well as his masterpiece, Tristram Shandy , Sterne forged a truly original style and established himself as the first of the stream-of-consciousness writers. This new Penguin Classics edition features an introduction that discusses the novel in relation to Sterne's other writing and places it within the context of "sentimental" literature. Also included are a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and full explanatory notes.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004841
- Title
- A Sentimental Journey; Journal to Eliza (Everyman's Library, No. 796)
- Author
- Sterne, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissue
- Publisher
- J M Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London (Aldine House, Bedford St)
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- series books, laurence sterne, everyman's library, bookmark
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
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