The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman · Character
The Lady Carnavallette
A minor character in a French travel anecdote.
minor
First appearance: xxiii
The Lady Carnavallette shows up with force in The Fragment. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Counts her beads and notes that all saints from St.
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- Wide Cast of Digressions
- Shandy Household Core
- Slawkenbergius's Nose Tale
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