pomt m the book, Tnstram says that he has ' 'dropp'
unute," addmg to the theatncal feel of the stow [128]). Tlistram Interrupts the story
often enough to remuad us that it is, after all, a book. These mtenuptions, however, make
the novel feel more Ilke a conversation or even a play—than a book. Accordmg to
Ong, a "wnter must set up a role m which absent and often unknown readers can cast
themselves" (100-01); m the early novel, wliters "self-consciously Intone, 'dear reader
over and over agam to remmd themselves that they are not telling a st01Y but wntmg one
m which both author and reader are havmg difficulty situatmg themselves;" (101-02).
Dozens of tunes, Steme reminds us that we are as readers: "And possibly, gentle reader"
(422), he addresses us m Volume IT. But Steme plays with his audience as well. He
"has" an entire conversation With one "woman" In lus audience whom he addresses as
Ins fictional conversation becomes vely amusmg when, m Chaptei•
'madam' (45-6).
XX of Volume I, Tiistram tells this woman that she was "so Inattentive m readmg the last
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