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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ing scream - it made one's blood run cold - and in a moment there was a crowd of
people on the landing . Marie and I went out to see . The woman was still
screaming and Raymond still knocking her . about . Marie said , wasn't it horrible !
ing scream - it made one's blood run cold - and in a moment there was a crowd of
people on the landing . Marie and I went out to see . The woman was still
screaming and Raymond still knocking her . about . Marie said , wasn't it horrible !
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... deprive the court's decision of much of its gravity . Yet I could but recognize that
, from the 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 .
... deprive the court's decision of much of its gravity . Yet I could but recognize that
, from the 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 .
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What did it matter if at this very moment Marie was kissing a new boy friend ? As
a condemned man himself , couldn't he grasp what I meant by that dark wind
blowing from my future ? I had been shouting so much that I'd lost my breath , and
...
What did it matter if at this very moment Marie was kissing a new boy friend ? As
a condemned man himself , couldn't he grasp what I meant by that dark wind
blowing from my future ? I had been shouting so much that I'd lost my breath , and
...
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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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