![]() ![]() We've got long passages from sermons, books, and even rites of excommunication, as well as stories from the always-entertaining Trim and Toby. He's "indebted for the preceding anecdote" to his uncle" (1.3.1), but come on: how does he know this stuff?Īnd there are lots of non-Tristram voices clamoring to be heard. He's also got a little too much info for his own good-like what his parents were doing when they conceived him. He tells everyone else's story: his parents' marriage, Uncle Toby's love affair, and Slawkenbergius's opinions on noses. By now you shouldn't be surprised that, even though the book is called The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Tristram isn't a central narrator. ![]() Tristram's like the Wizard of Oz, pulling strings and making his marionettes (i.e. ![]()
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