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Study Guide

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Book 1, Chapter 1

By Laurence Sterne

Book 1, Chapter 1

Parenting 101: Tristram says that he wishes his parents had minded what they were about when they begot me, because conception is important in determining character (1.1.1).
The chapter ends when his mother interrupts his father by asking if he wound the clock.