Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 903

Versions

L'Innommable Segment 903, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 38v)

assez de faire l'enfant qui, à force de s'entendre dire qu'on l'avait trouvé dans un chou, finit par se rappeler dans quel coin du jardin c'était et la le genre de vie qu'il menait avant d'être recueilli.

L'Innommable Segment 903, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 75)

Assez de faire l'enfant qui, à force de s'entendre dire qu'on l'avait trouvé dans un chou, finit par se rappeler dans quel coin du potager c'était et le genre de vie qu'il y menait avant de venir au monde.

The Unnamable Segment 903, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 40r)

I've had enough of acting the infant who has been told so often that he was born in a cabbage that he remembers exactly where it was in the vegetable-garden and the kind of life he led there before coming into the world.

The Unnamable Segment 903, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 40r)

I've had eEnough of acting the infant who has been told so often he was found under a vcabbage that in the end he remembers the exact spot in the vegetable garden and the kind of life he led there before coming into the world.

The Unnamable Segment 903, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 40r)

Enough of acting the infant who has been told so often that how he was found under a bcabbage that in the end he remains the exact spot in the garden and the kind of life he led there before coming joining into the [] family circle world.

The Unnamable Segment 903, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 50)

Enough of acting the infant who has been told so often how he was found under a cabbage that in the end he remembers the exact spot in the garden and the kind of life he led there before joining the family circle.

L'Innommable Segment 903, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 62)

Assez de faire l'enfant qui, à force de s'entendre dire qu'on l'avait trouvé dans un chou, finit par se rappeler dans quel coin du potager c'était et le genre de vie qu'il y menait avant de venir au monde.