Variation in the modern text From the variant to the digital edition

Our contribution analyzes the effects of the variant, as a philological notion and as an editorial practice, on the representation of texts. With the example of La Peau de chagrin (1830–1845), captured in the philosophical turn of its third edition (1833), we illustrate the capacity of the digital edition (in this case the Variance collection) to represent each version of a work in its singularity and in its processes of post-editorial invention.