Samuel Beckett
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L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 875

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L'Innommable Segment 875, loose jotting 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 36r)

Celui qui a une fonction, pense encore qu'il n'existe pas par ailleurs.

L'Innommable Segment 875, version 2 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 37v)

Ils voulaient ont tous que j'existe, tout en Ils ont tous voulu voulu, chacun selon des conceptions assez diverses je dois dire dirai de ce qui est supportable, que j'existe tout en n'ayant qu'une peine, limitée je ne dirai pas modérée, mais limitée.

L'Innommable Segment 875, version 3 (Minuit 1953, p. 72)

Ils ont tous voulu, selon des conceptions assez diverses je dois dire de ce qui est supportable, que j'existe tout en n'en ayant qu'une peine, sinon modérée, tout au moins limitée.

The Unnamable Segment 875, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 38r)

xxx What they all wanted, each one according to his particular notion of what is bearable, was that I should exist and at the same only be moderately, or perhaps I should finitely pained.

The Unnamable Segment 875, version 5 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 39r)

What they all wanted, each one according to his particular notion of what is bearable endurable, was that I should exist and at the same time be only moderately, or perhaps I should say finitely pained.

The Unnamable Segment 875, version 6 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 38r)

What they all wanted, each one according to his particular notion of what is endurable, was that I should exisyt and at the same time be only moderately, or perhaps I should say finitely pained.

The Unnamable Segment 875, version 7 (Grove Press 1958, p. 48)

What they all wanted, each according to his particular notion of what is endurable, was that I should exist and at the same time be only moderately, or perhaps I should say finitely pained.

L'Innommable Segment 875, version 8 (Minuit 1971, p. 59)

Ils ont tous voulu, selon des conceptions assez diverses je dois dire de ce qui est supportable, que j'existe tout en n'en ayant qu'une peine, sinon modérée, tout au moins limitée.