Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 2137

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L'Innommable Segment 2137, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 25v)

Sa barbe en est toute mouillée, c'est complètement idiot, d'autant plus que ça ne le calme pas le moins du monde, de quoi ça pourrait-il bien le calmer, il est froid comme du camphre, le malheureux, incapable même de maudire son créateur, c'est mécanique.

L'Innommable Segment 2137, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 176)

Sa barbe en est toute mouillée, c'est complètement idiot, d'autant plus que ça ne le calme pas le moins du monde, de quoi cela pourrait-il bien le calmer, il est froid comme du camphre, le malheureux, incapable même de maudire son créateur, c'est mécanique.

The Unnamable Segment 2137, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-3, f. 02r)

His beard is soaking with it, it's completely ridiculous, especially as it doesn't relieve him in the least, what could it possibly relieve him of, he's as cold as camphor the poor brute is as cold as camphor, incapable even of cursing his creator, it's just mechanical.

The Unnamable Segment 2137, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 98r)

his beard is soaking with it the stuff, it's completely ridiculous, aespecially as it doesn't relieve him in the least, what could it possibly relieve him of, the poor brute is as comld as camphor a fish, incapable even of cursing his creator, it's purely mechanical.

The Unnamable Segment 2137, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 96r)

his beard is soaking with the muck, it's quite ridivc[c]ulous, especially as it doesn't relieve him in the slightest, what could it possibly relieve him of, the poor brute is as cold as a vf[f]ish, incapable even of cursing his creator, it's purely mechanical.

The Unnamable Segment 2137, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 120)

his beard is soaking with the muck, it's quite ridiculous, especially as it doesn't relieve him in the slightest, what could it possibly relieve him of, the poor brute is as cold as a fish, incapable even of cursing his creator, it's purely mechanical.

L'Innommable Segment 2137, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 143)

Sa barbe en est toute mouillée, c'est complètement idiot, d'autant plus que ça ne le calme pas le moins du monde, de quoi cela pourrait-il bien le calmer, il est froid comme du camphre, le malheureux, incapable même de maudire son créateur, c'est mécanique.