SUMMARY OF BOOKS

1:
Conception
Kunanstrokius’ story
Story of midwife
Shandy marriage settlement
Toby wounded

2:
Toby goes to Shandy Hall
Mother goes into labor
Slop arrives
Yorick's sermon
Ends w/ promise by T to reveal all his secrets

3:
Slop tries to deliver Tristram
Tristram is born
Discussion of noses

4:
Begins w/ Slawkenberguer's tale
Chaos in birthing room and fortification
Tristram misnamed
Dinner at Bishop's
1st part of Bishop’s dinner devoted to chestnut incident
Use of pedantic footnotes

5:
Begins w/ fragment on whiskers
Bobby's death
FAther plans Tristepedia
Window-sash accident

6:
Battle in Gargantua
Susannah & Slop cure Tristram
LaFever's story

7:
Begins w/ Tristram flying from death in present & excluding Toby
European tour (takes place in present and past)
Story of Abbess
Visit to St. Germain, Avignon

8:
Toby to court Widow Wadman
King of Bohemia story
Story of Trim’s brother Tom recurs throughout

9:
Toby courts Widow Wadman
Tom's story