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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... Nights end that resembled a warehouse or a storage facility for large vehicles. “What the hell”?? She asked only the night. “Christ this place is eerie”. Shamrock commented. “May I help you mam”?? A tall lanky gentlemen with bad breath ...
... Nights end that resembled a warehouse or a storage facility for large vehicles. “What the hell”?? She asked only the night. “Christ this place is eerie”. Shamrock commented. “May I help you mam”?? A tall lanky gentlemen with bad breath ...
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... night! O night with hue so black! O night, which ever art when day is not! O night, O night, alack, alack, alack, I fear my Thisby's promise is forgot!— And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall, That stand'st between her father's ground ...
... night! O night with hue so black! O night, which ever art when day is not! O night, O night, alack, alack, alack, I fear my Thisby's promise is forgot!— And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall, That stand'st between her father's ground ...
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... night. The girl spiritlessly arose. "Good-night, papa—I do hope you may have a good-night." "I will, Sydney—I am sure of it. My little one, good-night." She kissed him and went. He turned to his wife. "If I die in the night—now don't ...
... night. The girl spiritlessly arose. "Good-night, papa—I do hope you may have a good-night." "I will, Sydney—I am sure of it. My little one, good-night." She kissed him and went. He turned to his wife. "If I die in the night—now don't ...
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