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

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Maria, Marie de Sévigné

**First appearance:** 0200-xxiii

## Who they are

A mad, grief-stricken peasant girl encountered by Tristram on his travels.

## In the story

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xliii)

Mentioned indirectly through the name Nannette, a peasant girl Tristram dances with.

### [The Invocation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/the-invocation)

A beautiful, mentally unsettled young woman playing a pipe by the roadside, whose banns were forbidden by the curate.

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