The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Volume 1, credited to Laurence Sterne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Volume 1, by Laurence Sterne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years. It was not always held in high esteem by other writers (Samuel Johnson responded that, “Nothing odd can last”), but its bawdy humour was popular with London society, and it has come to be seen as one of the greatest comic novels in English, as well as a forerunner for many modern narrative devices. (Summary from Wikipedia) Read by LibriVox volunteers.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Volume 1
• Author credits: Laurence Sterne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 5:55:34

Catalogue topics

• novel
• tristram shandy
• audio book
• sterne, comic novel

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. Chapter 01-03 — 8:17
2. Chapter 04-05 — 7:29
3. Chapter 06-07 — 6:35
4. Chapter 08-09 — 7:48
5. Chapter 10 — 13:58
6. Chapter 11 — 9:48
7. Chapter 12 — 11:38
8. Chapter 13-14 — 7:06
9. Chapter 15 — 10:07
10. Chapter 16-17 — 4:41
11. Chapter 18 — 13:21
12. Chapter 19 — 14:03
13. Chapter 20 — 13:27
14. Chapter 21 — 18:42
15. Chapter 22-23 — 11:50
16. Chapter 24-25 — 5:28
17. Chapter 26 — 6:09
18. Chapter 27 — 11:52
19. Chapter 28-29 — 13:30
20. Chapter 30 — 17:29
21. Chapter 31-32 — 8:49
22. Chapter 33-34 — 8:18
23. Chapter 35-36 — 6:48
24. Chapter 37-38 — 12:39

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