Despite being married to another woman, he began an intense flirtation with Mrs. Yorick (commonly known by the shorter title A Sentimental Journey). In 1762-1763 Sterne traveled through France, and in 1765 he toured France and Italy, journeys that partially inspired his satirical and sentimental travelogue, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Subsequent volumes of Tristram Shandy-there are nine in all-were published in 1761, 1765, and 1767. Later that same year, he published the first two volumes of his most famous novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, celebrated for its experimental, rambling style and bawdy humor. In 1759, he published his first novel, A Political Romance, which satirized English church politics and was immediately censored. He subsequently served as a priest in various parishes in Yorkshire, England. Between earning his two degrees, he became an Anglican priest. He earned a BA in 1737 and an MA in 1740 from Jesus College, Cambridge, in England. Laurence Stern was born in 1713 in Clonmel, a town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
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