The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Sterne, Laurence

London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1853

1853

George Eliot to John Blackwood, Richmond, 5 November 1858. "I enclose an acceptance of your proposition, with a slight modification of the terms, which I hope will not be otherwise than agreeable to you. Thank you once more for writing me such cordial words of admiration. I was rather desponding, now I am singing ‘Viva la joia, fidon la tristessa.’ Ever, my dear Sir, Yours very truly, George Eliot." Quote from Tristram Shandy, VII, 43, where Sterne writes the Provençal "Fi donc" as "Fidon." GEL 2: 493, 1216f

Sterne, Laurence, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57031

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