Samuel Beckett
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L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 1886

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L'Innommable Segment 1886, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 06v)

Et puis assez sur eux, leur rôle est terminé, non, pas encore, il faut les garder, ils serviront encore, laissons-les là, tournant autour, lançant leurs cris, à travers le trou, il doit y avoir un trou pour les cris aussi.

L'Innommable Segment 1886, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 147)

Et puis assez sur eux, leur rôle est terminé, non, pas encore, il faut les garder, ils serviront encore, laissons-les là, tournant autour, lançant leurs cris, à travers le trou, il doit y avoir un trou pour les cris aussi.

The Unnamable Segment 1886, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 31r)

And that's now that's enough about them, their usefulness is over, no, not yet, better keep them, they may still serve, let them stay where they are, turning about him, launching their cries, through the hole, there must be a hole for the cries too.

The Unnamable Segment 1886, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 81r)

And now that's enough about them, their usefulness is over, no, not yet, better let them stay, they may still serve, stay where they are, turning they are, turning in a ring, launching their voices, through the hole, there must be a hole for the voices too.

The Unnamable Segment 1886, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 80r)

And now that's enough about them, their usefulness is over, no, not yet, let them stay, they may still serve, stay where they are, turning in a ring, launching their voices, through the hole, there must be a hole for the voices too.

The Unnamable Segment 1886, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 100)

And now that's enough about them, their usefulness is over, no, not yet, let them stay, they may still serve, stay where they are, turning in a ring, launching their voices, through the hole, there must be a hole for the voices too.

L'Innommable Segment 1886, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 120)

Et puis assez sur eux, leur rôle est terminé, non, pas encore, il faut les garder, ils serviront encore, laissons-les là, tournant autour, lançant leurs cris, à travers le trou, il doit y avoir un trou pour les cris aussi.