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My wife and I recently saw Michael Winterbottom's very imaginative film
"Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story," which promptly sent us back to
the original novel. After reading about 50 or 75 pages, she turned to me
and said, "He anticipates so much of Twain. Twain must have read Sterne
at some point."
That sent me scurrying to the bookcase in our bedroom, which is all
Twain and Twain bios, reference books and criticism. And to my complete
shock, the only reference I could find was a letter from WDH to Clemens
expressing his mixed feelings about both Tristram and "A Sentimental
Journey." Obviously, my library is need of expansion.
Did Twain ever mention Sterne? If so, where, when and what did he say?
I know someone on the forum will know.
George Robinson
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