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Title: Only For Students of Stream of Consciousness
Review: This was the 4th book I had to read for History of the Novel. It was so bad (in my opinion) it nearly drove me crazy! This novel lacks ANY orginization or memorable features. (Thank goodness the teacher did not ask us to do a paper on it!) I understand that the author was introducing a new technique (stream of consciousness). But if you want to read a good example of stream of consciousness you should move towards Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse." Also Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel." The only good thing I can possibly say about "Tristram Shandy" is that it may be a golden turkey. (That is a novel that is SO BAD it actually takes on a charm of its own.)
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