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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For the present , it's almost as if Mother weren't really dead . The funeral will bring
it home to me , put an official seal on it , so to speak . I took the two - o'clock bus .
It was a blazing hot afternoon . I'd lunched , as usual , at Céleste's restaurant .
For the present , it's almost as if Mother weren't really dead . The funeral will bring
it home to me , put an official seal on it , so to speak . I took the two - o'clock bus .
It was a blazing hot afternoon . I'd lunched , as usual , at Céleste's restaurant .
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He then asked if a " change of life , ” as he called it , didn't appeal to me , and I
answered that one never changed his way of life ; one life was as good as
another , and my present one suited me quite well . At this he looked rather hurt ,
and told ...
He then asked if a " change of life , ” as he called it , didn't appeal to me , and I
answered that one never changed his way of life ; one life was as good as
another , and my present one suited me quite well . At this he looked rather hurt ,
and told ...
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Actually , I was sure of myself , sure about everything , far surer than he ; sure of
my present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt , was all I had ;
but at least that certainty was something I could get my teeth into - just as it had ...
Actually , I was sure of myself , sure about everything , far surer than he ; sure of
my present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt , was all I had ;
but at least that certainty was something I could get my teeth into - just as it had ...
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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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