A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning determined to describe his travels from a sentimental point of view. The novel can be seen as an epilogue to the possibly unfinished work "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman", and also as an answer to Tobias Smollett's decidedly unsentimental "Travels Through France and Italy". Sterne had met Smollett during his
Sentimental Journey (film) despite the film being "plainly designed to break my heart." "Variety" declared it "the weeper to end all weepers," and despite considering the film to be "plodding and sometimes too premeditated," predicted it would be a box office hit. "Harrison's Reports" called it "a fairly good drama," though "thin and slow-moving." Despite the less-than-glowing reviews from critics, the film was a box office success. Sentimental Journey (film) Sentimental Journey is a 1946 film directed by Walter Lang and starring John Payne and Maureen O'Hara. "Sentimental Journey" was remade in 1958 as "The Gift of Love", with Lauren Bacall and Robert