Have you read Tristram Shandy - or to give it its full title, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne?
First published in 1759, "extravagantly praised for its humour and roundly condemned for its indecency", I have to read it by the end of next week so I think I shall do it in fifty-page chunks rather than one big bite, and alongside it I'll be reading
Love in Winter by (the wonderfully named) Storm Jameson - another author I haven't read before. This 1935 novel begins in the early 20s and features Hervey Russell whose burgeoning literary career is not enough for her. Living with an unloving husband "makes her long for a new beginning" and then she meets ...
I'm looking forward to it!
