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

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

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0200-xxiii

## Who they are

A woman mentioned in Tristram's narrative, possibly a love interest.

## In the story

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

Tristram's dear Jenny, whose identity is playfully left ambiguous—possibly his wife, mistress, child, or friend.

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

Mentioned cryptically as 'my dear Jenny'; her identity and the 'right and wrong end of a woman' are to be concealed.

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

Mentioned as the narrator's dear Jenny, with whom he has eternal squabbles about nothing, as she looks at her outside while he looks at her in.

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

Mentioned affectionately by Tristram as 'my dear Jenny' in the context of his love for the Pythagoreans.

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

Addressed directly by Tristram; she comforts him after a humiliating incident, whispering reassurance in his ear.

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

Calls out to Tristram, prompting his response.

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