Letter 1 - The Letters from Yorick to Eliza

Letter 1. [London, ?late January 1767]
Yorick sends 'my books' and declares himself to be 'half in love.'

This video is part of the Precious Cargo project by the Laurence Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall entitled 'Eliza Draper -- An Absent Presence'. Precious Cargo is part of Yorkshire's contribution to the Cultural Olympiad, Stories of the World project. The exhibition opens in May 2012.

Voice: Patrick Wildgust (Curator of Shandy Hall)
Recorded and edited by: Craig Vear
Image: Frontispiece to 'Sterne's Eliza' by Wright and Lutley Sclater pub Heinemann 1922.

© The Laurence Sterne Trust.

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www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk

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