Watt By Beckett

Episode 20’And the reason for that was perhaps this, that little by little Watt abandoned all hope, all fear, of ever seeing Mr. Knott face to face, or perhaps this, that Watt, while continuing to believe in the possibility of his seeing one day Mr. Knott face to face, came to regard its realization as […]

Episode 19.What was this in Mrs. Gorman, what was this in Watt, that so appealed to Mr. Watt, so melted Mrs. Gorman? Between what deeps the call, the counter-call? Between Watt not a man’s man and Mrs. Gorman not a woman’s woman?

Episode 18.”So at first , in mind as well as body, Watt laboured at the ancient labour.As it turned out, Watt was never to know how long he spent in Mr. Knott’s house, how long on the ground floor, how long on the first floor, how long altogether. All he could say is that it […]

Episode 17. ‘Yes, nothing changed, in Mr Watt’s establishment, because nothing remained, and nothing came or went, because all was a coming and a going.Watt seemed highly pleased with this tenth-rate xenium. Spoken as he spoke it, back to front, it had a certain air, it is true.’ 

Episode 16. ‘Watt wondered if Arsene, Walter, Vincent and the others had passed through the same phase as that through which Erskin then was passing, and he wondered if he Watt would pass through it too, when his time came. Watt could not easily imagine Arsene behaving in such a way, nor himself either for that […]

Episode 15. ‘For reasons that remain obscure Watt was, for a time, greatly interested, and even fascinated, by this matter of the dog, the dog brought into the world, and maintained there, at considerable expense, for the sole purpose of eating Mr. Knott’s food, on those days on which Mr. Knott was not pleased to eat […]

Episode 14. ‘Then they were very sorry for what they had said who had said it was her uncle Joe, and who said it was her uncle Bill, and who said it was her uncle Bill, and who said it was her uncle Jim, who had done this thing to Ann, for all three had confessed […]

Episode 13 ‘Passing on then to the solution that seemed to have prevailed, Watt found it roughly this, that a suitable local dog-owner, that is to say a needy man with a famished dog, should be sought out, and on him settled a handsom annuity of fifty pounds payable monthly, in consideration of his calling at […]

Watt episode 12 ‘Watt’s instructions were to give what Mr Knott left of this dish, on the days that he did not eat it all, to the dog. Now there was no dog in the house, that is to say, no house-dog, to which this food could be given, on the days that Mr. Knott did […]

Episode 11 ‘The constant tension of some of his most noble faculties tired Watt greatly. And the results, on the whole, were meagre. But he had no choice at first.’

Episode 10 ‘Watt’s stay in Mr Knott’s house was less agreeable, on this account, than it would have been, if such incidents had been unknown, or his attitude towards them less anxious, that is to say, if Mr Watt’s house had been another house, or Watt another man. But if Watt was sometimes unsuccessful, and […]

Episode 9 ‘So Watt saw little of Mr. Knott. For Mr. Knott was seldom on the ground floor, unless it was to eat a meal, in the dining room, or to pass through it, on his way to and from the garden. And Watt was seldom on the first floor, unless it was when he […]

Episode 8 “But to go into this matter as longly and as deeply and as fully as I should like, and it deserves is unfortunately out of the question. Not that space is wanting, for space is not wanting. Not that time is lacking, for time is not lacking. But I hear a little wind […]

Episode 7 “There are three men in the house: the master, whom as you well know we call Mr Knott: a senior retainer named Vincent, I believe; and a junior, only in the sense that he was of more recent acquisition, named, if I am not mistaken, Walter…. But the second, I mean Vincent, is […]

Episode 6 “And if I could begin it all over again, knowing what I know now, the result would be the same. … And if I could begin it all over again a hundred times, knowing each time a little more than the time before, the result would always be the same, and the hundredth […]

Episode 5 “They are transports, that few are spared, nature is so exceedingly accommodating, on the one hand, and man, on the other.”… “For the first time since in anger and disgust he relieved his mother of her milk, definate tasks of unquestionable utility were assigned to him.”… “To hunger, thirst, lust, every day afresh […]

Episode 4 “He knew, as he did so, that it would not be easy to get up again, as he must, and move on again, as he must. ” “The result of this was that Watt never knew how he got into Mr. Knott’s house.” “He is well pleased. For he knows he is in […]

 Episode 3 “Watt bumped into a porter wheeling a milkcan.”… “Mute on top of blind said the porter.” … “Watt had watched people smile and thought he understood how it was done.”… “Watt used his smile sparingly.” “For they were moving in the same direction, lady McCann and Watt.”

 Episode 2 “As to where he is to be seen, he is to be seen in the streets, walking about. But one does not see him often. He is a university man, of course, said Mrs Nixon. I should think it highly probable, said Mr. Nixon. Drink, said Mr Hackett.”

Episode 1 “Mr. Hackett decided, after some moments,that if that if they were waiting for a train they had been doing so for some time. For the lady held the gentleman by the ears, and the gentleman’s hand was on the lady’s thigh, and the lady’s tongue was in the gentleman’s mouth.” “I do not […]