Dream of Fair to Middling Women

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Dream of Fair to Middling Women

1993 Arcade edition
Author Samuel Beckett
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Black Cat
Publication date 1993 (written in 1932)
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 241 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN ISBN 978-0948050091 (first edition, paperback)

Dream of Fair to Middling Women is Samuel Beckett’s first novel. Written in English in 1932 when Beckett was only 26 and living in Paris. The clearly autobiographical novel was rejected by publishers and shelved by the author. It was eventually published in 1992, four years after the author's death. The main character Belacqua, a writer and teacher, is very similar to Beckett himself, though a character named "Mr. Beckett" also makes an appearance in the book.