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| Novelist and humorist who lived from 1713 until 1768. | | 1713-1768. Novelist and humorist |
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| == Childhood and Education ==
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| Laurence Sterne was born on 24 November 1713 at Clonmel (Ireland) where his father served in the army.
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| He was sent to school in Halifax, Yorkshire, at the age of ten and attended Jesus College, Cambridge, with a scholarship. Studied to become a Parson.
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| == Marriage ==
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| Laurence Sterne married Elizabeth Lumley in 1741. They lived an unhappy marriage with stillborn children but had one living child, Lydia.
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| == Life and Literary Career ==
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| He wrote forty-five sermons, of which four volumes were published in his lifetime and three were published posthumously in 1769.
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| His major work is ''[[Tristram Shandy|The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy]]'' though he started his literary career with ''A Political Romance'' in 1759. As a result of its controversial satirical content this book was suppressed causing a hard time for Laurence Sterne especially as both his mother and uncle had died and his wife had a nervous breakdown. Still Sterne managed writing on his major work ''Tristram Shandy'' and published the first two volumes at his own expense. These made him a celebrity so he brought out further seven volumes between 1761 and 1767.
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| In 1762 he went to France and his wife Elizabeth, who had recovered, followed him to settle permanently with him and their daughter Lydia.
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| Still he returned to England where he had a love-affair with Eliza Draper.
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| In February 1768 his book ''A Sentimental Journey'' was published and he collapsed and died three weeks later in London on 18 March 1768.
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| == Sources ==
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| Sterne, Laurence. ''A Sentimental Journey'' , London: Penguin Books, 2005.
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| http://www.tristramshandyweb.it/sezioni/sterne/biography/sorba_biography.htm (accessed on 30 November 2009)
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| http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/565796/Laurence-Sterne# (accessed on 30 November 2009)
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1713-1768. Novelist and humorist