Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 170

Versions

L'Innommable Segment 170, version 1 (Minuit 1953, p. 15)

Car alors Malone, tournant autour de moi comme il le fait, sortirait de l'enceinte à chacune de ses révolutions, ce qui est manifestement impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 170, version 2 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 05r)

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For if I were then Malone would issue from the enceinte at then Malone, wheeling about me as he does, would issue from the enceinte at every revolution, which is manifestly impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 170, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 05r)

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For if I were then Malone, wheeling about me as he does, would exit issue froù from the enclosure enceinte at every revolution, which is manifestly impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 170, version 4 (Spectrum, p. 7)

For if I were then Malone, wheeling about me as he does, would issue from the enceinte at every revolution, which is manifestly impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 170, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 05r)

For if I were it would follow that Malone, wheeling anbout me as he does, would issue from the enceinte at every revolution, which is manifestly impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 170, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 9)

For if I were it would follow that Malone, wheeling about me as he does, would issue from the enceinte at every revolution, which is manifestly impossible.

L'Innommable Segment 170, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 13)

Car alors Malone, tournant autour de moi comme il le fait, sortirait de l'enceinte à chacune de ses révolutions, ce qui est manifestement impossible.