Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 544

L'Innommable Segment 544, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 20v)

J'ai prêté ^tendu l'oreille à ^vers ce qui devait être ma voix toujours, si faible, si loin, que c'était comme la mer, une calme mer lointaine, mourant - non, pas de ça, pas de grève, pas de rive, la mer suffit, assez parlé de galets et de sable, ^{[⁁] assez parlé de la terre, de la mer aussi.}

L'Innommable Segment 544, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 44)

J'ai tendu l'oreille vers ce qui devait être ma voix toujours, si faible, si lointaine, que c'était comme la mer, comme la terre, une calme mer lointaine, mourant — non, pas de ça, pas de grève, pas de rive, la mer suffit, assez de galets et de sable, assez de la terre, de la mer aussi.

The Unnamable Segment 544, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 21r)

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I strained my ear towards what must have been my own voice still, so weak, so far, that it was like the sea, a calm distant sea far calm sea dying — no, none of that, no beach, no shore, the sea is enough, I've had enough of shingle, enough of sand, enough of earth, enough of sea too.

The Unnamable Segment 544, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 23r)

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I strained my ear towards what must have been my own voice still, so weak, so far, that it was like the sea, a still distant ^{far calm} sea dying — no, none of that, no n^beach, no shore, the sea is enough, I've had enough of shingle, enough of sand, enough of earth, enough of sea too.

The Unnamable Segment 544, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 22r)

I strained my ear towards what must have been my voice still, so weak, so far, that it was like the sea, a far calm sea dying - [] no, none of that, no beach, no shore, the sea is enough, I've had enough of shingle, enough of sand, enough of earth, enough of sea too.

The Unnamable Segment 544, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 28)

I strained my ear towards what must have been my voice still, so weak, so far, that it was like the sea, a far calm sea dying — no, none of that, no beach, no shore, the sea is enough, I've had enough of shingle, enough of sand, enough of earth, enough of sea too.

L'Innommable Segment 544, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 37)

J'ai tendu l'oreille vers ce qui devait être ma voix toujours, si faible, si lointaine, que c'était comme la mer, comme la terre, une calme mer lointaine, mourant — non, pas de ça, pas de grève, pas de rive, la mer suffit, assez de galets et de sable, assez de la terre, de la mer aussi.