A Sentimental Journey Through France and ItalyPhoemixx Classics Ebooks, 31.10.2021 - 177 Seiten A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne - A furiously witty response to Tobias Smollett's curmudgeonly 'Travels through France and Italy', Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy became a hugely influential work of travel writing in its own right.When Yorick, the roving narrator of Sterne's innovative final novel, sets off for France on a whim, he produces no ordinary travelogue. Jolting along in his coach from Calais, through Paris, and on towards the Italian border, the amiable parson is blithely unconcerned by famous views or monuments, but he engages us with tales of his encounters with all manner of people, from counts and noblewomen to beggars and chambermaids. And as drama piles upon drama, anecdote, flirtation and digression, Yorick's destination takes second place to an exhilarating voyage of emotional and erotic exploration. Interweaving sharp wit with warm humour and irony with genuine feeling, A Sentimental Journey paints a captivating picture of an Englishman's adventures abroad. |
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... nature , at that time , as high as she could go ; -I was at peace with the world before , and this finish'd the treaty with myself.— -Now , was I King of France , cried I - what a moment for an orphan to have begg'd his father's ...
... nature , at that time , as high as she could go ; -I was at peace with the world before , and this finish'd the treaty with myself.— -Now , was I King of France , cried I - what a moment for an orphan to have begg'd his father's ...
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... Nature seemed to have done with her resentments in him ; he showed none : -but letting his staff fall within his arms , he pressed both his hands with resignation upon his breast , and retired . THE MONK . CALAIS . My heart smote me the ...
... Nature seemed to have done with her resentments in him ; he showed none : -but letting his staff fall within his arms , he pressed both his hands with resignation upon his breast , and retired . THE MONK . CALAIS . My heart smote me the ...
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... nature has set up by her own unquestionable authority certain boundaries and fences to circumscribe the discontent of man; she has effected her purpose in the quietest and easiest manner by laying him under almost insuperable ...
... nature has set up by her own unquestionable authority certain boundaries and fences to circumscribe the discontent of man; she has effected her purpose in the quietest and easiest manner by laying him under almost insuperable ...
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... nature to observe the greatest precision and nicety , to avoid a confusion of character . And these men I speak of , are such as cross the seas and sojourn in a land of strangers , with a view of saving money for various reasons and ...
... nature to observe the greatest precision and nicety , to avoid a confusion of character . And these men I speak of , are such as cross the seas and sojourn in a land of strangers , with a view of saving money for various reasons and ...
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... Nature ( take her altogether ) has so little to answer for , -and , to close all , where there is more wit and variety of character to feed the mind with : Where then , my dear countrymen , are you going ? — We are only looking at this ...
... Nature ( take her altogether ) has so little to answer for , -and , to close all , where there is more wit and variety of character to feed the mind with : Where then , my dear countrymen , are you going ? — We are only looking at this ...
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