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 1927, Summer 1929, Summer 1930.
Beckett first read part of volume I in a virtual edition for the final examination at TCD in October 1927 (Moderatorship). Although signed in student fashion "S. B. Beckett", the volume that opens the Nouvelle révue française collection was probably only acquired early in 1928 together with the other fifteen volumes. A letter to Thomas MacGreevy dated summer 1929 reveals Beckett having finished reading the first volume, Du côté de chez Swann, finding it "strangely uneven" (LSB I, 11). Beckett wrote to MacGreevy on 7 August 1930 that he had started re-reading À la recherche du temps perdu (Pilling 2006, 26).
Sources:TCD College Calendar
The Letters of Samuel Beckett, vol. I, 1929-1940, p. 11.
John Pilling, A Samuel Beckett Chronology, p. 26.
À la recherche du temps perdu:Du Côté de chez Swann *
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1928
Location: Beckett International Foundation, The University of Reading
Inscription:'S. B. Beckett'
Inscription:'P / Samuel Beckett // 254,041'
Inscription:'For / Reading University Library / Samuel Beckett / april 1973'
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Available scans ▿cover, inscover, inscription, inscription2, toc, tp, 11, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 30, 33, 36, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 59, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101, 107, 112, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 135, 139, 140, 144, 145, 147, 154, 163, 166, 173, 175, 193, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 224, 226, 249, 256, 257, 258, 264, 265, 271, 286, 289, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 317.
Sources:
The Letters of Samuel Beckett, vol. I, 1929-1940, p. 11.
John Pilling, A Samuel Beckett Chronology, p. 26.
À la recherche du temps perdu:
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1928
Location: Beckett International Foundation, The University of Reading
Inscription:
Inscription:
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Available scans ▿cover, inscover, inscription, inscription2, toc, tp, 11, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 30, 33, 36, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 59, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101, 107, 112, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 135, 139, 140, 144, 145, 147, 154, 163, 166, 173, 175, 193, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 224, 226, 249, 256, 257, 258, 264, 265, 271, 286, 289, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 317.