![]() His ecclesiastical satire A Political Romance infuriated the church and was burnt. While Vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire, he married Elizabeth Lumley in 1741. ![]() He attended Jesus College, Cambridge on a sizarship, gaining bachelor's and master's degrees. An uncle paid for Sterne to attend Hipperholme Grammar School in the West Riding of Yorkshire, as Sterne's father was ordered to Jamaica, where he died of malaria some years later. He grew up in a military family, travelling mainly in Ireland but briefly in England. Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, published sermons and memoirs, and indulged in local politics. ![]() ![]() The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanĪ Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy ![]()
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