Laurence Sterne - Wikipedia Sterne grew up in a military family, travelling mainly in Ireland but briefly in England He attended Jesus College, Cambridge, on a sizarship, gaining bachelor's and master's degrees, and was ordained as a priest in 1738
Laurence Sterne | Biography, Tristram Shandy, Works, Books, Style . . . Laurence Sterne was an Irish-born English novelist and humorist He is best known as the author of Tristram Shandy (1759–67), a novel in which story is subordinate to the free associations and digressions of its narrator
Sterne - The Laurence Sterne Trust In spite of Samuel Johnson’s opinion that ‘Nothing odd will do long, Tristram Shandy did not last’ Sterne’s fame has persisted: the book has never been out of print, and his work continues to inspire and influence artists and writers to this day
Sterne and Sterneana - University of Cambridge Laurence Sterne and Sterneana brings key highlights of these rare collections to new audiences via Cambridge Digital Library, making them freely accessible to all, and guided by introductions to each item supplied by a global team of scholars