The StrangerMeursault, an ordinary little clerk living in Algiers, leads a quiet and unemotional life. He commits a senseless murder and is convicted, his lack of emotion toward his mother's death weighing against him. As he contemplates his execution, he considers the value of life and is on the verge of exhibiting feeling. |
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Next came a group of young fellows, the local “bloods,” with sleek oiled hair, red
ties, coats cut very tight at the waist, braided pockets, and squaretoed shoes. I
guessed they were going to one of the big theaters in the center of the town.
Next came a group of young fellows, the local “bloods,” with sleek oiled hair, red
ties, coats cut very tight at the waist, braided pockets, and squaretoed shoes. I
guessed they were going to one of the big theaters in the center of the town.
Page 32
For eight years the two had been inseparable. Salamano's spaniel is an ugly
brute, afflicted with some skin disease-mange, I suspect; anyhow, it has lost all its
hair and its body is covered with brown scabs. Perhaps through living in one
small ...
For eight years the two had been inseparable. Salamano's spaniel is an ugly
brute, afflicted with some skin disease-mange, I suspect; anyhow, it has lost all its
hair and its body is covered with brown scabs. Perhaps through living in one
small ...
Page 78
He was a tall man with clean-cut features, deep-set blue eyes, a big gray
mustache, and abundant, almost snow-white hair, and he gave me the
impression of being highly intelligent and, on the whole, likable enough. There
was only one thing ...
He was a tall man with clean-cut features, deep-set blue eyes, a big gray
mustache, and abundant, almost snow-white hair, and he gave me the
impression of being highly intelligent and, on the whole, likable enough. There
was only one thing ...
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| Title | The Stranger A Vintage book, V-2 Vintage literature |
| Author | Albert Camus |
| Translated by | Stuart Gilbert |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1942 |
| ISBN | 0394700023, 9780394700021 |
| Length | 154 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical |
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