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 52
... asked me if I'd marry her . I said I didn't mind ; if she was keen on it , we'd get married . Then she asked me again if I loved her . I replied , much as before , that her question meant nothing or next to nothing - but I supposed I ...
... asked me if I'd marry her . I said I didn't mind ; if she was keen on it , we'd get married . Then she asked me again if I loved her . I replied , much as before , that her question meant nothing or next to nothing - but I supposed I ...
Page 114
... asked him to tell the court if he'd seen me weep . And when Pérez answered , " No , " added emphatically : " I trust the jury will take note of this reply . " My lawyer rose at once , and asked Pérez in a tone that seemed to me ...
... asked him to tell the court if he'd seen me weep . And when Pérez answered , " No , " added emphatically : " I trust the jury will take note of this reply . " My lawyer rose at once , and asked Pérez in a tone that seemed to me ...
Page 115
... Asked if I was one of his customers , he said , " Yes , and a friend as well . " Asked to state his opinion of me , he said that I was " all right " and , when told to explain what he meant by that , he replied that everyone knew what ...
... Asked if I was one of his customers , he said , " Yes , and a friend as well . " Asked to state his opinion of me , he said that I was " all right " and , when told to explain what he meant by that , he replied that everyone knew what ...
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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