Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 1408

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L'Innommable Segment 1408, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 61v)

Quoi qu'il en soit, et sans rentrer dans ces détails, je me suis lourdement trompé en supposant que la mort en elle même constituait un indice, ou même une forte présomption, en faveur d'une vie préalable.

L'Innommable Segment 1408, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 113)

Quoi qu'il en soit, et sans rentrer dans ces détails macabres, je me suis lourdement trompé en supposant que la mort en elle-même constituait un indice, ou même une forte présomption, en faveur d'une vie préalable.

The Unnamable Segment 1408, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 14r)

However this may be, and without going any further into these macabre details, it is sure that certain I was grievously mistaken in supposing that death in itself could be regarded as evidence, or even a strong presumption, in favour of a preliminary life.

The Unnamable Segment 1408, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 62r)

However this may be, and without dwelling further on these macabre details, it is certain I was grievously mistaken in supposing that death in itself could be regarded as evidence, or even a strong presumption, in favour of a preliminary life.

The Unnamable Segment 1408, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 62r)

However this may be, and without dwelling further on these macabre details, it is certain I was grievously mistaken in supposing that death in itself could be regarded as evidence, or even a strong presumption, in support of a preliminary life.

The Unnamable Segment 1408, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 77)

However this may be, and without dwelling further on these macabre details, it is certain I was grievously mistaken in supposing that death in itself could be regarded as evidence, or even a strong presumption, in support of a preliminary life.

L'Innommable Segment 1408, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 93)

Quoi qu'il en soit, et sans entrer dans ces détails macabres, je me suis lourdement trompé en supposant que la mort en elle-même constituait un indice, ou même une forte présomption, en faveur d'une vie préalable.