A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
By Laurence Sterne
Length4h 9m
About this audiobook
It is the story of Sterne's fictional travel through borh countries, particularly France. Sterne made two trips within the continent, in 1762-64 and 1765-66, but the book is not about his errands, but those of parson Yorick's (a character in "Tristram Shandy"). With a less acid and outrageous humor than in his previous work, Sterne anyway mixes the picaresque with an ironic and, frequently, hilarious philosophical irony. Yorick begins by trying to get a passport, since technically England and France are at war, although no bellicose action takes place at the moment. The first part tells of Yorick's adventures in Calais, where he meets a strange monk with whom he exchanges snuff boxes (which will later play a significant role), and a beautiful woman travelling with her brother. Later on, in the town of Montriul (Montreuil), he picks up a peculiar servant, La Fleur, who will solve some problems and create others. Through several towns, and in Paris, Yorick has funny encounters with different characters, especially women, and more especially still, a cute little maid with whim he has a short romance.Along the book, Yorick consistently makes fun of French habits, so liberal and different from England's. He is a master of deceit and understatement, and behind the proclaimed "sentimentalism" of the journey it is not hard to see a trip much more in search of adventures and romance than education or cultivation. The bok is a privileged window into a pre-Revolutionary France, full of beggars, prostitutes, and assorted criminals, from the amused and advantageous point of view of a cynical and mischievous parson from York. What little is "sentimental" in the journey is more in the imposture and luridness of the characters, in particular the narrator, than in any process of Romantic apprenticeship, since Romanticism was still not realized, nor would it be possible to imagine a Romantic Sterne. (Amazon)
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GenreTravel
Length4 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 24, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CALAIS.
36THE DWARF. PARIS.
2THE MONK. CALAIS.
37THE ROSE. PARIS.
3THE MONK. CALAIS.
38THE FILLE DE CHAMBRE. PARIS.
4THE MONK. CALAIS.
39THE PASSPORT. PARIS.
5THE DESOBLIGEANT. CALAIS.
40THE PASSPORT. THE HOTEL AT PARIS.
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6PREFACE. IN THE DESOBLIGEANT.
41THE CAPTIVE. PARIS.
7CALAIS.
42THE STARLING. ROAD TO VERSAILLES.
8IN THE STREET. CALAIS.
43THE ADDRESS. VERSAILLES.
9THE REMISE DOOR. CALAIS.
44LE PATISSIER. VERSAILLES.
10THE REMISE DOOR. CALAIS.
45THE SWORD. RENNES.
11THE SNUFF BOX. CALAIS.
46THE PASSPORT. VERSAILLES.
12THE REMISE DOOR. CALAIS.
47THE PASSPORT. VERSAILLES.
13IN THE STREET. CALAIS.
48THE PASSPORT. VERSAILLES.
14THE REMISE. CALAIS.
49THE PASSPORT. VERSAILLES.
15THE REMISE. CALAIS.
50CHARACTER. VERSAILLES.
16THE REMISE. CALAIS.
51THE TEMPTATION. PARIS.
17IN THE STREET. CALAIS.
52THE CONQUEST.
18MONTREUIL.
53THE MYSTERY. PARIS.
19MONTREUIL.
54THE CASE OF CONSCIENCE. PARIS.
20MONTREUIL.
55THE RIDDLE. PARIS.
21MONTREUIL.
56LE DIMANCHE. PARIS.
22A FRAGMENT.
57THE FRAGMENT. PARIS.
23MONTREUIL.
58THE FRAGMENT. PARIS.
24THE BIDET.
59THE FRAGMENT, AND THE BOUQUET. [648] PARIS.
25NAMPONT. THE DEAD ASS.
60THE ACT OF CHARITY. PARIS.
26NAMPONT. THE POSTILION.
61THE RIDDLE EXPLAINED. PARIS.
27AMIENS.
62PARIS.
28THE LETTER. AMIENS.
63MARIA. MOULINES.
29THE LETTER.
64MARIA.
30PARIS.
65MARIA. MOULINES.
31THE WIG. PARIS.
66THE BOURBONNNOIS.
32THE PULSE. PARIS.
67THE SUPPER.
33THE HUSBAND. PARIS.
68THE GRACE.
34THE GLOVES. PARIS.
69THE CASE OF DELICACY.
35THE TRANSLATION. PARIS.
70FOOTNOTES.
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