Samuel Beckett: Friend of Jane
Alert Janeite Paola wrote to tell us about an article (in French) about Samuel Beckett’s various homes; the article mentions that Beckett traveled to Jane Austen-related sites in England.
Le voici en Angleterre. Il a 29 ans et vient de villégiaturer avec sa mère, sur les traces de Jane Austen et de Shakespeare.
Here he is in England. He’s 29 years old and he’s just taken a vacation with his mother, on the traces of Jane Austen and Shakespeare.
June 29th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Just a small remark:
“… et vient EN villégiature …”
But I can’t really imagine Beckett reading Austen…
June 30th, 2006 at 9:30 am
Vient de villégiaturer is written in the article.
June 30th, 2006 at 9:55 am
I copied it right out of the article…
And maybe it was his mother who read Jane Austen, and he went to the sites to humor her?
July 3rd, 2006 at 1:13 pm
The article is about a wonderful essay by Nathalie Léger called Les Vies silencieuses de Samuel Beckett. You can have a look around here : http://mumm.hautetfort.com (but everything is in French, even on Beckett).
Besides, I have just started writing a blog on Pride & Prejudice… Will keep you posted,