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

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

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0200-xxiii

## Who they are

The French people, often a subject of comic commentary.

## Relationships

### [Corporal Trim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/characters/corporal_trim)

_rivalry_

Trim, as a former soldier, views the French as wartime adversaries, though his attitude is more nostalgic than hostile.

## In the story

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

François, a French attendant, informs Tristram of the late hour.

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