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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This man , who is morally guilty of his mother's death , is no less anfit to have a
place in the community than that other man who did to death the father that begat
him . And , indeed , the one crime led on to the other ; the first of these two ...
This man , who is morally guilty of his mother's death , is no less anfit to have a
place in the community than that other man who did to death the father that begat
him . And , indeed , the one crime led on to the other ; the first of these two ...
Page 143
However , I could argue myself out of it , by picturing what would have been my
feelings when my term was up , and death had cornered me . Once you're op
against it , the precise manner of your death has obviously small importance .
However , I could argue myself out of it , by picturing what would have been my
feelings when my term was up , and death had cornered me . Once you're op
against it , the precise manner of your death has obviously small importance .
Page 146
... wasn't because I'd been condemned to death , he said , that he spoke to me in
this way . In his opinion every man on the earth was under sentence of death .
There , I interrupted him ; that wasn't the same thing , I pointed out , and , what's ...
... wasn't because I'd been condemned to death , he said , that he spoke to me in
this way . In his opinion every man on the earth was under sentence of death .
There , I interrupted him ; that wasn't the same thing , I pointed out , and , what's ...
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| Title | The Stranger A Vintage book, V-2 Vintage literature |
| Author | Albert Camus |
| Translated by | Stuart Gilbert |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1942 |
| ISBN | 0394700023, 9780394700021 |
| Length | 154 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical |
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