# Hafen Slawkenbergius — The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman character guide

> Hafen Slawkenbergius in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Slawkenbergius

**First appearance:** 0050-book-iii

## Who they are

A fictional German author whose treatise on noses is a running joke.

## In the story

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned indirectly via the reference to Dr. Kunastrokius, a figure associated with hobbyhorses.

### [Chapter XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xli)

Walter is translating Slawkenbergius's work on noses at the start of the chapter.

### [Chapter XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xlii)

Author of the book on noses; his work is described as a folio containing ten decads of tales, which the narrator considers playful and sportive.

### [Slawkenbergii Fabella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/slawkenbergii-fabella)

The author of the 'Slawkenbergii Fabella' tale, which this chapter presents.

### [Slawkenbergius's Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/slawkenbergius-s-tale)

Author of the tale being translated; his story about the stranger's nose is recounted.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/i)

Author of the tale about noses; he exultingly reserves the tenth tale of the tenth decad as the concluding tale of his work.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xxi)

Quoted as the source of the ludicrous metaphor about a woman's search for her true end in marriage.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/endnotes)

His work 'De Nasis' is referenced as extremely scarce; his story-telling Latin is noted.

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