Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 801

Versions

L'Innommable Segment 801, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 33v)

Les vieux n'étaient pas toujours d'accord à mon sujet. Mais ils étaient d'accord que j'avais été un beau bébé, tout à fait au début, pendant quinze jours ou 3 semaines.

L'Innommable Segment 801, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 64)

Les vieux n'étaient pas toujours d'accord à mon sujet, mais ils étaient d'accord que j'avais été un beau bébé, tout à fait au début, pendant quinze jours ou trois semaines.

The Unnamable Segment 801, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 34r)

The old xxx ones did not always agree in their views about me, differed in their views about me, but they were agreed that I had been a fine baby, at the very beginning, for a fortnight or three weeks.

The Unnamable Segment 801, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 35r)

The old ones gaffer and gammer differed in their views on me, but they were agreed that I had been a fine baby, at the very beginning, the first fortnight or t hree weeks.

The Unnamable Segment 801, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 34r)

My parents differed in their views on me, but they were agreed I had been a fine baby, at the very beginning, the first fortnight or three weeks.

The Unnamable Segment 801, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 43)

My parents differed in their views on me, but they were agreed I had been a fine baby, at the very beginning, the first fortnight or three weeks.

L'Innommable Segment 801, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 53)

Les vieux n'étaient pas toujours d'accord à mon sujet, mais ils étaient d'accord que j'avais été un beau bébé, tout à fait au début, pendant quinze jours ou trois semaines.