Student library info ▿The Student library info pertains to the period when Beckett was a student at Trinity College Dublin (1923-1927) and a lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and TCD (1928-1931). It explains when he is thought to have acquired and read the book in question, based on his inscription, as well as various external sources including the official TCD college calendars, his 'Dream' Notebook, and his letters.Read: October 1930.
Beckett acquired this book in preparation for his Trinity lectures on French literature.
Source:Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon, Samuel Beckett's Library, p. 48.
La Vie de Jean Racine
Paris: Plon, 1928
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La Vie de Jean Racine
Paris: Plon, 1928
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Available scans ▿cover, tp, 34, 35, 48, 49, 50, 51, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 104, 105, 120, 121, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 140, 141, 142, 143, 164, 165, 168, 169, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 226, 227, 228, 229, 242, 243.
