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Malraux, Pierre : La Voie royale [1930] Read: after January 1931.According to John Pilling Beckett bought two novels by Malraux that he wanted to read at Pelorson's recommendation (2006, 29). On 25 January, he wrote to McGreevy that he had "had a peer at the opening of [La Voie royale ], & it looked promising" (LSB I 62), although it is not certain whether he read them then or at a later time, if at all. Sources:
John Pilling, A Samuel Beckett Chronology , p. 29.
The Letters of Samuel Beckett , vol. I, 1929-1940, p. 62.
Mauriac, François : La Vie de Jean Racine Paris: Plon, 1928 Reading traces on: 35, 49, 51, 80, 85, 86, 88, 95, 97, 99, 105, 120*, 124, 129*, 130, 131*, 140*, 142*, 165, 169, 193, 194*, 198, 200*, 227*, 229*, 242*. (*: page contains marginalia) 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.
Michaut, G. : Sainte-Beuve Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1921 Reading traces on: flyer, flyerinsert*, 192*, 193*, 195*, 200*, 203*, 205*. (*: page contains marginalia) Notes:
- inside front cover attached flyer from 'Librairie Gibert', which also carries date '9-1-24';
- on front of this paper SB (presumably) has noted names of French writers Read: by October 1924.Michaut's biography of Sainte-Beuve is not mentioned in the Calendars and might have been an extracurricular reading for Beckett. The paper note inside bearing a stamp mark with the date "9-1-24" lists a few French authors' names (Boileau, Voltaire, Pascal, Staël, Molière). However, the note could have been inserted at a later date, explaining the handwriting which does not match Beckett's other student marginalia.
Molière: L'Avare Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1918 8th ed. ed. )Inscription: 'Samuel B. Beckett / Trinity College / Dublin. / Hilary Term - 1924' Inscription: 'Daniel de W. Rogers. / T.C.D. / Michaelmas Term 1950.' Reading traces on: 64*, 65*, 71*, 99*, 103*, 108*, 149*, 154*. (*: page contains marginalia) Notes: - The inscription is followed by a second ownership inscription by the linguist Prof. Daniel de Warrenne Rogers, dated 1950, and a stamped seal of the second-hand bookstore 'Fred Hanna Ltd' (Nassau Street).
- The volume contains the menu for the Summer Commencements Dinner, 2 July 1959 (signed by Beckett and four others, notably Walter Starkie, professor of Spanish and Italian), which was the occasion on which Beckett received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Trinity College, Dublin.
- The TCD Calendars mention another edition: Molière: L'Avare , edited by Alfred Thomas Baker, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1918.
- Marginalia: notes primarily in Beckett's hand but some made by Rogers, mainly translations of difficult vocabulary.
- Scans: only a sample of the 19 annotated pages are included here, the original book is for sale at Peter Harrington, London. Read: by May 1924.Source:
TCD College Calendar
Molière: Théâtre complet, Vol. 2 Paris: Bibliothèque Hachette, n.d. Inscription: S. B. Beckett / July 1926 Reading traces on: 206*, 207*, 212*, 234, 257*, 258*, 259, 268*, 314*, 315*. (*: page contains marginalia) Notes:
- volume III is missing;
- marginalia: volume 2: from La Princesse d'Élide: 206-207 / 212 / 234; from Tartuffe: 257-9 / 268 / 314-5 Read: by October 1926 (La Princesse d'Élide, Les Amants magnifiques, La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas), by October 1927 (Les Fourberies de Scapin, Tartuffe).Volumes II, IV and V bear the inscription "July 1926" indicating that he used the volumes for the Michaelmas examination in October 1926 which lists three plays by Molière.
Molière: Théâtre complet, Vol. 5 Paris: Bibliothèque Hachette, n.d. Inscription: S. B. Beckett / July 1926 Reading traces on: 67*, 131*, 138*, 139*, 148. (*: page contains marginalia) Read: by October 1926 (La Princesse d'Élide, Les Amants magnifiques, La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas), by October 1927 (Les Fourberies de Scapin, Tartuffe).Volumes II, IV and V bear the inscription "July 1926" indicating that he used the volumes for the Michaelmas examination in October 1926 which lists three plays by Molière.
