Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 540

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L'Innommable Segment 540, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 20v)

Et en vérité ce n'est pas tout de garder le silence, quoiqu'on se dise par moments, mais il faut voir le genre de silence qu'on garde. [0540|001] Mais je suis en train de jouer avec les mots, disons le mot, un peu trop visiblement.[0540|002] Du naturel, mais serré, serré.

L'Innommable Segment 540, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 44)

Et en vérité ce n'est pas tout de garder le silence, mais il faut voir aussi le genre de silence qu'on garde.

The Unnamable Segment 540, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 21r)

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For it is all very well fine to keep silence, but one has also to consider also what the kind of silence it is one keeps.

The Unnamable Segment 540, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 23r)

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VFor it is all very well fine to keep silence, but one has also to consider what xxx the kind of silence it is one keeps.

The Unnamable Segment 540, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 22r)

[]For it is all very finde to keep silence, but one has also to consider the kind of silence one keeps.

The Unnamable Segment 540, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 28)

For it is all very fine to keep silence, but one has also to consider the kind of silence one keeps.

L'Innommable Segment 540, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 37)

Et en vérité ce n'est pas tout de garder le silence, mais il faut voir aussi le genre de silence qu'on garde.