The StrangerThrough the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. |
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Page 8
... struck before by his habit of saying " they " or , less often , " them old folks , " when referring to inmates no older than himself . Still , I could see his point of view . As door- keeper he had a certain standing , and some author ...
... struck before by his habit of saying " they " or , less often , " them old folks , " when referring to inmates no older than himself . Still , I could see his point of view . As door- keeper he had a certain standing , and some author ...
Page 140
... struck me as rather odd that picture had escaped my mem- ory until now . What had struck me at the time was the neat appearance of the guillotine ; its shining surfaces and finish reminded me of some laboratory instrument . One always ...
... struck me as rather odd that picture had escaped my mem- ory until now . What had struck me at the time was the neat appearance of the guillotine ; its shining surfaces and finish reminded me of some laboratory instrument . One always ...
Page 148
... struck me that if he wanted to move in this tiny cell , almost the only choice lay between standing up and sitting down . I was staring at the floor . He took a single step toward me , and halted , as if he didn't dare to come nearer ...
... struck me that if he wanted to move in this tiny cell , almost the only choice lay between standing up and sitting down . I was staring at the floor . He took a single step toward me , and halted , as if he didn't dare to come nearer ...
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ALBERT CAMUS Algiers answered anyhow Arabs asked beach began beside black pudding black tie bungalow café au lait cassock Céleste cell chair cigarette coffin court courtroom crime dark death door doorkeeper explained eyes face fact feel fellow felt Fernandel gave gazing girl guillotine hadn't hair hand he'd head hear heard hearse Home hors d'oeuvre jailer Judge jury keeper knew laughing lawyer light looked magistrate Marengo Marie Marie's Masson men in black ment mind mother mother's funeral move never night noticed oilcloth once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor queer question Raymond remarks replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound staring started street streetcar struck sure swim talking tell there's thing thought told tone took turned voice waited walked wanted warden window woman young