A Sentimental Journey

Meet Yorick, an English parson with a tender heart and a restless spirit. Setting out from Dover to Calais, he vows to travel not for monuments or catalogues, but for the small, telling moments of human connection. A rebuffed monk returns his kindness; a pretty glove-seller in Amiens teases his fancy; a starling’s cry of captivity haunts him through Paris; and a young maid’s plea blurs the line between pity and passion. Every step is a comedy of missteps and a symphony of sentiment, as Yorick stumbles into the lives of strangers and finds himself unwittingly transformed. Sterne’s delicate masterpiece—part travelogue, part comic romance—is reborn here in lively modern English, preserving its warmth, wit, and surprising contemporary resonance. Part of Timeless Classics.