This Vik was an ambitious guy—not only did he get through the thousands-page tomes of Tolstoy; he also plodded through the nine volumes of Sterne's digressive masterpiece. Watch Shklovsky in action as he picks apart Tristram Shandy to explain the difference between "plot" and "story." Gripping stuff—and we're only being slightly sarcastic here.
Why does Shklovsky think Sterne's novel does such a good job of demonstrating the difference between "plot" and "story"?
How does that distinction correspond to the distinction between "form" and "content"? And what does that suggest about the relationship between "form" and "content"?