Finally some colour! A scene from Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Uncle Toby in his sentry box. After sustaining a serious wound in battle, Uncle Toby retires from the armed forces, spending most of his time obsessing about the history and science of military fortifications.
To learn more about one of the most original novels ever published,Tristram Shandy, see the followingEighteenth-Century Fictionarticles:
The Moral in Phutatorius’s Breeches: Tristram Shandy and the Limits of Stoic Ethics
Homunculus Economicus: Laurence Sterne’s Labour Theory of Literary Value
Les Illustrations du Voyage Sentimental de Laurence Sterne dans les livres du XVIIle siècle

