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 45
... moment there was a crowd of people on the land- ing . Marie and I went out to see . The woman was still screaming and Raymond still knocking her about . Marie said , wasn't it horrible ! I didn't an- swer anything . Then she asked me to ...
... moment there was a crowd of people on the land- ing . Marie and I went out to see . The woman was still screaming and Raymond still knocking her about . Marie said , wasn't it horrible ! I didn't an- swer anything . Then she asked me to ...
Page 65
... moment . Then we swam a few strokes , and when we were almost out of our depth she flung her arms round me and hugged me . I felt her legs twining round mine , and my senses tingled . When we got back , Masson was on the steps of his ...
... moment . Then we swam a few strokes , and when we were almost out of our depth she flung her arms round me and hugged me . I felt her legs twining round mine , and my senses tingled . When we got back , Masson was on the steps of his ...
Page 138
... moment the verdict was given , its effects became as cogent , as tangible , as , for example , this wall against which I was lying , pressing my back to it . When such thoughts crossed my mind , I remem- bered a story Mother used to ...
... moment the verdict was given , its effects became as cogent , as tangible , as , for example , this wall against which I was lying , pressing my back to it . When such thoughts crossed my mind , I remem- bered a story Mother used to ...
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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