A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
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01 - "They order, said I, this matter better..."
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02 - Preface. In the Desobligeant.
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03 - "I perceived that something darken'd..."
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04 - "This, certainly, fair lady! said I..."
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05 - "Having, on first sight of the lady..."
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06 - "I never finished a twelve-guinea bargain..."
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07 - "As La Fleur went the whole tour..."
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08 - "Having settled all these little matters..."
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09 - "The words were scarce out..."
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10 - "When a man can contest..."
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11 - "I had counted twenty pulsations..."
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12 - "I had never heard the remark..."
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13 - "What the old French officer had..."
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14 - "When I got home to my hotel..."
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15 - "The bird in his cage..."
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16 - "Before I had got half-way..."
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17 - "I found no difficulty in..."
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18 - "And how do you find the French?"
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19 - "If a man knows the heart..."
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20 - "It was Sunday; and when La Fleur..."
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21 - "Now as the notary's wife..."
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22 - "The man who either disdains..."
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23 - "I never felt what the distress..."
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24 - "There was nothing from which..."
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25 - "When you have gained the top..."
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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768) is a public domain work.
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A dinner in Calais quickly becomes an occasion for reflections on generosity and bad manners. The traveller in Laurence Sterne's 1768 fiction has crossed from Dover after an argument about France. He congratulates himself on his warm feelings toward others, then speaks harshly to a Franciscan who asks for help with his convent. Once the monk leaves, the narrator regrets his language and resolves to learn better manners as his travels continue.
Brief encounters give this humorous travel narrative its interest. In another scene, the narrator gives a girl a coin, walks beside her and helps her carry her books. Her expressions of thanks prompt him to think about courtesy and the ties between strangers. Readers can follow how small gestures become occasions for elaborate thoughts, while the narrator's shifting moods reveal the uneven connection between kind intentions and everyday conduct.
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- Laurence Sterne
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- British Classics
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- Martin Geeson