Samuel Beckett
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L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 1867

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L'Innommable Segment 1867, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 05v)

Car il faut que ça finisse se décide, un jour, d'une façon ou de l'autre.

L'Innommable Segment 1867, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 146)

Car il faut que cela se décide, que la balance penche, d'un côté ou de l'autre.

The Unnamable Segment 1867, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 30r)

For a decision must be reached, and the scales must tilt, to one side or the other.

The Unnamable Segment 1867, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 81r)

For a decision must be reached, the scales must tilt, to one side or the other.

The Unnamable Segment 1867, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 79r)

For a decision must be reached, the scales must tilt, to one side or the other.

The Unnamable Segment 1867, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 99)

For a decision must be reached, the scales must tilt, to one side or the other.

L'Innommable Segment 1867, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 119)

Car il faut que cela se décide, que la balance penche, d'un côté ou de l'autre.