The Importance of Narrative

The opening of laurant sterns tristram shandy is an example of ab over narrative from the egg. donkey hotte immerses himself in these old stories of shiver rick romance and then he goes on these little adventures with his squire to play knight errant. skinny nag and a greyhound for racing i love this because it is the once upon a time pattern isn't it  in a place whose name i do not care to remember. dr samuel johnson unfortunately went on record as saying tristam shandy didn't last it did last but perhaps we should stoke some conversation around this novel at some point in the not too distant future