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 28
... picture they'd been seeing was of the wild - West variety . Those who had been to the picture houses in the middle of the town came a little later , and looked more sedate , though a few were still laughing . On the whole , however ...
... picture they'd been seeing was of the wild - West variety . Those who had been to the picture houses in the middle of the town came a little later , and looked more sedate , though a few were still laughing . On the whole , however ...
Page 118
... pictures , and then to my place . He then informed the court that , as a result of certain statements made by Marie at ... picture with Fernandel in it . By the time she had finished , the courtroom was so still heard a pin drop . you ...
... pictures , and then to my place . He then informed the court that , as a result of certain statements made by Marie at ... picture with Fernandel in it . By the time she had finished , the courtroom was so still heard a pin drop . you ...
Page 140
... pictures I had seen . Then one morning I remem- bered a photograph the newspapers had featured on the occasion of ... picture had escaped my mem- ory until now . What had struck me at the time was the neat appearance of the guillotine ...
... pictures I had seen . Then one morning I remem- bered a photograph the newspapers had featured on the occasion of ... picture had escaped my mem- ory until now . What had struck me at the time was the neat appearance of the guillotine ...
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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