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 14
... hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an agreeable walk I could have had , if it hadn't been for Mother . As it was , I waited in the courtyard , under a plane tree . I sniffed the smells of the cool ...
... hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an agreeable walk I could have had , if it hadn't been for Mother . As it was , I waited in the courtyard , under a plane tree . I sniffed the smells of the cool ...
Page 144
... hadn't done for quite a while ; I fell to thinking about Marie . She hadn't written for ages ; probably , I surmised , she had grown tired of being the mis- tress of a man sentenced to death . Or she might be ill , or dead . After all ...
... hadn't done for quite a while ; I fell to thinking about Marie . She hadn't written for ages ; probably , I surmised , she had grown tired of being the mis- tress of a man sentenced to death . Or she might be ill , or dead . After all ...
Page 151
... hadn't acted otherwise ; I hadn't done x , whereas I had done y or z . And what did that mean ? That , all the time , I'd been waiting for this present mo- ment , for that dawn , tomorrow's or another day's , which was to justify me ...
... hadn't acted otherwise ; I hadn't done x , whereas I had done y or z . And what did that mean ? That , all the time , I'd been waiting for this present mo- ment , for that dawn , tomorrow's or another day's , which was to justify me ...
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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 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 once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor queer question Raymond remarks replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound STANFORD UNIVERSITY 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