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 22
... getting out of bed . Obviously he had seen that it would mean my getting four days ' holiday straight off , and one couldn't expect him to like that . Still , for one thing , it wasn't my fault if Mother was buried yesterday and not ...
... getting out of bed . Obviously he had seen that it would mean my getting four days ' holiday straight off , and one couldn't expect him to like that . Still , for one thing , it wasn't my fault if Mother was buried yesterday and not ...
Page 46
... getting so tight you can't stand steady . Why , you're shaking all over ! " " I'm not tight , " Raymond explained . " Only when I see you standing there and looking at me , I can't help trembling . That's only natural . " Then he closed ...
... getting so tight you can't stand steady . Why , you're shaking all over ! " " I'm not tight , " Raymond explained . " Only when I see you standing there and looking at me , I can't help trembling . That's only natural . " Then he closed ...
Page 134
... getting the sentence quashed . He said there was no chance of that . He had not raised any point of law , as this was apt to preju- dice the jury . And it was difficult to get a judg- ment quashed except on technical grounds . I saw his ...
... getting the sentence quashed . He said there was no chance of that . He had not raised any point of law , as this was apt to preju- dice the jury . And it was difficult to get a judg- ment quashed except on technical grounds . I saw his ...
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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