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 63
... Marie , Masson , and myself , went down to the beach . Marie promptly plunged in , but Masson and I waited for a bit . He was rather slow of speech and had , I noticed , a habit of saying " and what's more " between his phrases - even ...
... Marie , Masson , and myself , went down to the beach . Marie promptly plunged in , but Masson and I waited for a bit . He was rather slow of speech and had , I noticed , a habit of saying " and what's more " between his phrases - even ...
Page 64
... Marie . The water was cold and I felt all the better for it . We swam a long way out , Marie and I , side by side , and it was pleasant feeling how our move- ments matched , hers and mine , and how we were both in the same mood ...
... Marie . The water was cold and I felt all the better for it . We swam a long way out , Marie and I , side by side , and it was pleasant feeling how our move- ments matched , hers and mine , and how we were both in the same mood ...
Page 118
... Marie at the proceedings before the magistrate , he had studied the movie programs of that date , and turn- ing to Marie asked her to name the film that we had gone to see . In a very low voice she said it was a picture with Fernandel ...
... Marie at the proceedings before the magistrate , he had studied the movie programs of that date , and turn- ing to Marie asked her to name the film that we had gone to see . In a very low voice she said it was a picture with Fernandel ...
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