Tristram Shandy

Main Characters

Tristram Shandy, narrator, although not present very much in the story. Walter Shandy, Tristram's opiniated father. Mrs. Shandy, his wife. Toby Shandy, Tristram's uncle, and Walter's brother; a war veteran. Trim, his corporal and servant. Yorick, the tall, lank parson; Tristram speculates that he descends from Shakespeare's Yorick. Dr. Slop, a doctor, or "man-midwife", as Walter calls him.


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