The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman · Character
Prignitz
A German scholar cited in learned debates about noses.
minor
First appearance: book iii
Prignitz shows up with force in Chapter XLI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Walter had been explaining Prignitz to Uncle Toby before the conversation shifted.
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- Learned Authorities on Noses
- Protagonist
- Slawkenbergius's Nose Tale
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