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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanwas Laurence Sterne's first major success. This exaggerated depiction of the main character, Tristram Shandy, is from an original copy of the novel.

A profound comment was made by Yorick when realizing the German man's intense love for his lost donkey. He proclaims that the people ought to love each other in the way this man loved his donkey, and that the world would be a better place. This…

An Excerpt from 'A Sentimental Journey'

An oil painting depicting Maria from "A Sentimental Journey"

Oil painting depicting a scene in "Pamela" where Mr. B is hiding in the closet as Pamela and Mrs. Jewkes are preparing for bed

Joseph Highmore created twelve paintings based on the novel "Pamela". In this painting, he portrays Pamela fainting as Mr. B. attempts to seduce her. This shows that while literature was becoming more sentimental, so was art. Visual art and painting…

An excerpt from Chapter 2 The Vicar of Wakefield which captures the sentimental experience of courtship through an account of the daily routine led by the involved families

An oil painting depicting the pulse scene from Sterne's "A Sentimental Journey"

Doctors in the late 18th century had little understanding of mental illness. Much of the contemporary understanding of the mind was grounded in Humorism, which classified people according to their dominant Humor, which would supposedly make itself…

A painting depicting the Age of Sentimentalism in the 18th century