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 70
... idea that Raymond had a definite idea where he was going ; but probably I was mistaken about this . At the end of the beach we came to a small stream that had cut a channel in the sand , after coming out from behind a biggish rock ...
... idea that Raymond had a definite idea where he was going ; but probably I was mistaken about this . At the end of the beach we came to a small stream that had cut a channel in the sand , after coming out from behind a biggish rock ...
Page 130
... idea behind it was still further to exclude me from the case , to put me off the map , so to speak , by substituting the lawyer for myself . Anyway , it hardly mattered ; I already felt worlds away from this courtroom and its tedious 130.
... idea behind it was still further to exclude me from the case , to put me off the map , so to speak , by substituting the lawyer for myself . Anyway , it hardly mattered ; I already felt worlds away from this courtroom and its tedious 130.
Page 140
... ideas on the subject . For some reason I'd always supposed that one had to go up steps and climb on to a scaffold , to be guillotined . Probably that was because of the 1789 Revolution ; I mean , what I'd learned about it at school ...
... ideas on the subject . For some reason I'd always supposed that one had to go up steps and climb on to a scaffold , to be guillotined . Probably that was because of the 1789 Revolution ; I mean , what I'd learned about it at school ...
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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