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 55
... attention . Then she called Céleste and gave her order , very fast but quite distinctly ; one didn't lose a word . While wait- ing for the hors d'oeuvre she opened her bag , took out a slip of paper and a pencil , and added up the bill ...
... attention . Then she called Céleste and gave her order , very fast but quite distinctly ; one didn't lose a word . While wait- ing for the hors d'oeuvre she opened her bag , took out a slip of paper and a pencil , and added up the bill ...
Page 105
... attention to one of the group at the press table , a plump , small man with huge black- rimmed glasses , who made me think of an overfed weasel . " That fellow's the special correspondent of one of the Paris dailies . As a matter of ...
... attention to one of the group at the press table , a plump , small man with huge black- rimmed glasses , who made me think of an overfed weasel . " That fellow's the special correspondent of one of the Paris dailies . As a matter of ...
Page 107
... attention were his eyes , very pale , clear eyes , riveted on me , though not betraying any definite emotion . For a moment I had an odd impression , as if I were being scrutinized by myself . That - and the fact that I was unfamiliar ...
... attention were his eyes , very pale , clear eyes , riveted on me , though not betraying any definite emotion . For a moment I had an odd impression , as if I were being scrutinized by myself . That - and the fact that I was unfamiliar ...
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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