The strangerWhen a young Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent imprisonment and trial are puzzling and absurd. The apparently amoral Meursault--who puts little stock in ideas like love and God--seems to be on trial less for his murderous actions, and more for what the authorities believe is his deficient character. |
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I've made arrangements for this; but I thought I should let you know." I thanked
him. So far as I knew, my mother, though not a professed atheist, had never given
a thought to religion in her life. I entered the mortuary. It was a bright, spotlessly ...
I've made arrangements for this; but I thought I should let you know." I thanked
him. So far as I knew, my mother, though not a professed atheist, had never given
a thought to religion in her life. I entered the mortuary. It was a bright, spotlessly ...
Page 138
Yet I could but recognize that, from the moment the verdict was given, its effects
became as cogent, as tangible, as, for example, this wall against which I was
lying, pressing my back to ity When such thoughts crossed my mind, I
remembered a ...
Yet I could but recognize that, from the moment the verdict was given, its effects
became as cogent, as tangible, as, for example, this wall against which I was
lying, pressing my back to ity When such thoughts crossed my mind, I
remembered a ...
Page 139
There might be some drug, or combination of drugs, which would kill the patient (
1 thought of him as "the patient") nine hundred and ninety times in a thousand.
That he should know this was, of course, essential. For after taking much thought,
...
There might be some drug, or combination of drugs, which would kill the patient (
1 thought of him as "the patient") nine hundred and ninety times in a thousand.
That he should know this was, of course, essential. For after taking much thought,
...
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| Title | The stranger Collector's library of famous editions A Vintage book World literature |
| Authors | Albert Camus, Stuart Gilbert |
| Translated by | Stuart Gilbert |
| Edition | braille, unabridged |
| Publisher | A. A. Knopf, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Sep 2009 |
| Length | 154 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Psychological Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical |
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