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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... beside your mother's coffin , as no doubt you would wish to do . Just one more thing ; I gathered from your mother's friends that she wished to be buried with the rites of the Church . I've made arrangements for this ; but I thought I ...
... beside your mother's coffin , as no doubt you would wish to do . Just one more thing ; I gathered from your mother's friends that she wished to be buried with the rites of the Church . I've made arrangements for this ; but I thought I ...
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... beside me . We were both of us out of breath , and the bumps of the truck on the roughly laid cobbles made things worse . Emmanuel chuckled , and panted in my ear , " We've made it ! " By the time we reached Céleste's restaurant we were ...
... beside me . We were both of us out of breath , and the bumps of the truck on the roughly laid cobbles made things worse . Emmanuel chuckled , and panted in my ear , " We've made it ! " By the time we reached Céleste's restaurant we were ...
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... beside me was still yelling away , telling her husband that she'd left a basket for him in the prison office . She gave a list of the things she'd brought and told him to mind and check them carefully , as some had cost quite a lot ...
... beside me was still yelling away , telling her husband that she'd left a basket for him in the prison office . She gave a list of the things she'd brought and told him to mind and check them carefully , as some had cost quite a lot ...
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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