Real life and fantasy mix on film: in 'Tristram Shandy,' egos clash; 'Bubble' tells a working-class tale; 'Nanny MePhee' works her magic.(MOVIES)(Movie Review) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: February 17, 2006| Author: Cunneen, Joseph | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Though Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman has an honored place in surveys of English literature, the sad truth is few students actually read this 18thcentury comic novel, and even teachers often fail to finish its more than 650 pages. This is not because it lacks "naughty" passages to entertain undergraduates but because it is packed with digressions and learned irrelevancies, some of its humor deriving from the fact that the narrator is not even born for...

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