Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… in demand, although, since Tristram Shandy had yet to be translated into French, this was as much due to news of his fame in England, as to first-hand knowledge of his writings. Diderot proved an exception, as Sterne gifted him the six …
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