MUSIL, Robert.
The Man Without Qualities: A Sort of Introduction The Like of It Now Happens (I); The Like of It Now Happens (II); Into the Millenium (III) (The Criminals).
London: Secker & Warburg , 1953-1960.
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First editions in English of Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities: Parts I, II, and III
First editions in English of the author's magnum opus, widely considered one of the most important and influential modernist novels. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jacket. Translated from the German and with a foreword by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. Rare in the original dust jackets.
Musil worked on The Man Without Qualities for more than twenty years. He started in 1921 and spent the rest of his life writing it. When he died in 1942, the novel was not completed. The 1,074-page Volume 1 (Part I: A Sort of Introduction, and Part II: The Like of It Now Happens) and 605-page Volume 2 (Part III: Into the Millennium [The Criminals]) were published in 1930 and 1933,respectively, in Berlin. Part III did not include 20 chapters withdrawn from Vol. 2 of 1933 while in printer's galley proofs. From 1933 until death, Musil was working on Part III. In 1943 in Lausanne, Musil's widow Martha published a 462-page collection of material from literary remains including the 20 galley chapters withdrawn from Part III, as well as drafts of the final incomplete chapters and notes on the development and direction of the novel. The Man Without Qualities Vol. 1 was first published in English in 1953 in a translation by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. Vol. 2 followed in 1955, and 3 – in 1961.
The Man Without Qualities: A Sort of Introduction The Like of It Now Happens (I); The Like of It Now Happens (II); Into the Millenium (III) (The Criminals).
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