'Murphy', Samuel Beckett's first published novel, was written in English and published in London in 1938; Beckett himself subsequently translated the book into French, and it was published in France in 1947. The novel recounts the hilarious but tragic life of Murphy in London as he attempts to establish a home and to amass sufficient fortune for his intended bride to join him.

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Paperback, 6th Edition

ISBN13: 9780571244584

faber & faber, 2009

Paperback, 6th Edition

ISBN13: 9780802150370

Grove Press, 1994

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