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 124
... crime was premeditated . I remember his saying at one moment , " I can prove this , gentlemen of the jury , to the hilt . First , you have the facts of the crime ; which are as clear as daylight . And then you have what I may call the ...
... crime was premeditated . I remember his saying at one moment , " I can prove this , gentlemen of the jury , to the hilt . First , you have the facts of the crime ; which are as clear as daylight . And then you have what I may call the ...
Page 126
... crime , he was unaware what he was doing . " I noticed that he laid stress on my " intelligence . " It puzzled me rather why what would count as a good point in an ordinary person should be used against an accused man as an overwhelming ...
... crime , he was unaware what he was doing . " I noticed that he laid stress on my " intelligence . " It puzzled me rather why what would count as a good point in an ordinary person should be used against an accused man as an overwhelming ...
Page 128
... crimes , the murder of a father by his son . " To his mind , such a crime was almost unimaginable . But , he ventured to hope , justice would be meted out without pal- tering . And yet , he made bold to say , the horror that even the crime ...
... crimes , the murder of a father by his son . " To his mind , such a crime was almost unimaginable . But , he ventured to hope , justice would be meted out without pal- tering . And yet , he made bold to say , the horror that even the crime ...
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