The StrangerMeursault, an ordinary little clerk living in Algiers, leads a quiet and unemotional life. He commits a senseless murder and is convicted, his lack of emotion toward his mother's death weighing against him. As he contemplates his execution, he considers the value of life and is on the verge of exhibiting feeling. |
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FUNERAL TOMORROW . DEEP SYMPATHY . Which leaves the matter doubtful ;
it could have been yesterday . The Home for Aged Persons is at Marengo , some
fifty miles from Algiers . With the twoo'clock bus I should get there well before ...
FUNERAL TOMORROW . DEEP SYMPATHY . Which leaves the matter doubtful ;
it could have been yesterday . The Home for Aged Persons is at Marengo , some
fifty miles from Algiers . With the twoo'clock bus I should get there well before ...
Page 50
... I did without supper , and went straight to bed . ing up V RAYMOND rang me
up at the office . He said that a friend of his - to whom he'd spoken about
meinvited me to spend next Sunday at his little seaside bungalow just outside
Algiers .
... I did without supper , and went straight to bed . ing up V RAYMOND rang me
up at the office . He said that a friend of his - to whom he'd spoken about
meinvited me to spend next Sunday at his little seaside bungalow just outside
Algiers .
Page 61
... she would catch my eye and smile . We alighted just outside Algiers . The
beach is not far from the bus stop ; one has only to cross a patch of highland , a
sort of plateau , which 61.
... she would catch my eye and smile . We alighted just outside Algiers . The
beach is not far from the bus stop ; one has only to cross a patch of highland , a
sort of plateau , which 61.
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