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: by October 1925.
Beckett's handwriting in Swift's book matches that from his student years and despite the absence of a date, John Pilling confirms he acquired the book in April 1925 (2009, 10).
Sources:TCD College Calendars
John Pilling, A Samuel Beckett Chronology, p. 10.
The Drapier's Letters
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1922
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. VI
Temple Scott (ed.)
Notes:price on inside back cover: 6/
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Available scans ▿cover, tp, toc, 67, 104.
Sources:
John Pilling, A Samuel Beckett Chronology, p. 10.
The Drapier's Letters
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1922
Temple Scott (ed.)
Notes:
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Available scans ▿cover, tp, toc, 67, 104.
