The first notebook of Watt signed and marked ‘Watt I,’ with the following note: ‘Watt was written in France during the war 1940-45 and published in 1953 by the Olympia Press.’ On an inserted sheet, Beckett has written, ‘Begun evening of Tuesday 11/2/41.’ More at A Rare Look at Samuel Beckett’s Doodle-Filled Notebooks | Brain Pickings. [Thanks for pointing me thataway, Conversational Reading.]
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The first notebook of Watt signed and marked ‘Watt I,’ with the following note: ‘Watt was written in France during the war 1940-45 and published in 1953 by the Olympia Press.’ On an inserted sheet, Beckett has written, ‘Begun evening of Tuesday 11/2/41.’

More at A Rare Look at Samuel Beckett’s Doodle-Filled Notebooks | Brain Pickings. [Thanks for pointing me thataway, Conversational Reading.]

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