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User Review  - funstm - LibraryThing

I had to read this book for my English class but it's probably one of the best schoolbooks I've read. Many have admitted their annoyance and frustration at the main character's (Mersault) lack of ... Read full review

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User Review  - funstm - LibraryThing

I had to read this book for my English class but it's probably one of the best schoolbooks I've read. Many have admitted their annoyance and frustration at the main character's (Mersault) lack of ... Read full review

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User Review  - la2bkk - LibraryThing

What an interesting novella! Sometimes odd, sometimes humorous, other times poignant and usually absurd. But always interesting. This book was written approximately 80 years ago but still flows as if ... Read full review

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User Review  - DeltaQueen50 - LibraryThing

I was rather taken aback by The Stranger by Albert Camus. I had heard that this book was a fine example of both existentialism coupled with absurdism and these terms had me convinced the book would be ... Read full review

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User Review  - Dreesie - LibraryThing

Nov 2020 reread. I did not really remember this book, and picked it up at a book trade. I found it very interesting this time around. Mersault has a fiance (they have been seeing each other for ... Read full review

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User Review  - Clara53 - LibraryThing

The book left a strange feeling in my head - can't put a finger on it even after a few days have gone by. It's something like this: how mere circumstances - if not judged or addressed precisely - can ... Read full review

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User Review  - pivic - LibraryThing

This book is straight-forward. A trip into the mind of a man, who acts and thinks like a stoic; his journey through life is simple, basically because he does what he wants and doesn't care for much ... Read full review

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User Review  - over.the.edge - LibraryThing

The Stranger by Albert Camus 1946 4.0 / 5.0 'The Stranger' is considered a classic novel by French author, Albert Camus. Philosophical, this book explores the absurdity of the world, and profound ... Read full review

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User Review  - skavlanj - LibraryThing

A Book You Can Finish In A Day I need to add an addendum to the category I assigned The Stranger to: But Not Fully Appreciate. Until the final chapter, this is a book whose first person narrator ... Read full review

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User Review  - steller0707 - LibraryThing

Camus quote: You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Meursault is the antihero of this novel ... Read full review


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