Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 1700

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L'Innommable Segment 1700, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 74v)

Remontons jusqu'aux [] pour commencer, jusqu'à ses origines et, pour continuer, suivons-les Il faut [] remonter, pour commencer, remonter jusqu'à ses origines, et, pour continuer, le suivre, stade par stade patiemment, par les différents stades, en ayant soin d'en dégager les déterminants en en montrant la nécessité, qui en ont fait ce que je suis.

L'Innommable Segment 1700, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 133)

Il faut remonter, pour commencer, jusqu'à ses origines, et, aux fins de continuer, le suivre, patiemment, par les différents stades, en ayant soin d'en montrer la fatale concaténation, qui en ont fait ce que je suis.

The Unnamable Segment 1700, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 24r)

We must first, to begin with, go back to his beginnings, and then, in order to continue, follow him patiently through his the various stages, taking care to show their fatal concatenation, which have made him what I am.

The Unnamable Segment 1700, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 73r)

We must first, to begin with, go back to his beginnings, and then, to go on with, follow him patiently throuhg the various stages, taking care to show their fatal concatenation, which have made him what I am.

The Unnamable Segment 1700, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 72r)

Wemust We must first, to begin with, go back to his beginnings and then, to go on with, follow him patiently through the various stages, taking care to show their fatal concatenation, which have made him whtat I am.

The Unnamable Segment 1700, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 90)

We must first, to begin with, go back to his beginnings and then, to go on with, follow him patiently through the various stages, taking care to show their fatal concatenation, which have made him what I am.

L'Innommable Segment 1700, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 109)

Il faut remonter, pour commencer, jusqu'à ses origines, et, aux fins de continuer, le suivre, patiemment, par les différents stades, en ayant soin d'en montrer la fatale concaténation, qui en ont fait ce que je suis.