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 69
... hard above the elbow . Masson remarked that there was a doctor who always spent his Sundays here , and Raymond said : " Good . Let's go to him at once . " He could hardly get the words out , as the blood from his other wound made ...
... hard above the elbow . Masson remarked that there was a doctor who always spent his Sundays here , and Raymond said : " Good . Let's go to him at once . " He could hardly get the words out , as the blood from his other wound made ...
Page 121
... hard at Raymond , and he did not turn away . Then , " Yes , " I answered . The Prosecutor turned toward the jury . " Not only did the man before you in the dock indulge in the most shameful orgies on the day fol- lowing his mother's ...
... hard at Raymond , and he did not turn away . Then , " Yes , " I answered . The Prosecutor turned toward the jury . " Not only did the man before you in the dock indulge in the most shameful orgies on the day fol- lowing his mother's ...
Page 144
... hard to stomach ; really , there's no idea to which one doesn't get ac- climatized in time . My thoughts had reached this point when the chaplain walked in , unannounced . I couldn't help giving a start on seeing him . He noticed this ...
... hard to stomach ; really , there's no idea to which one doesn't get ac- climatized in time . My thoughts had reached this point when the chaplain walked in , unannounced . I couldn't help giving a start on seeing him . He noticed this ...
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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