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 12
... silent . I'd ceased feeling sleepy , but I was very tired and my legs were aching badly . And now I realized that the silence of these people was telling on my nerves . The only sound was a rather queer one ; it came only now and then ...
... silent . I'd ceased feeling sleepy , but I was very tired and my legs were aching badly . And now I realized that the silence of these people was telling on my nerves . The only sound was a rather queer one ; it came only now and then ...
Page 53
... silent after that , staring at me in a curi- ous way . Then she asked : " Suppose another girl had asked you to marry ... silence , she murmured something about my being " a queer fellow . " " And I daresay that's why I love you , " she ...
... silent after that , staring at me in a curi- ous way . Then she asked : " Suppose another girl had asked you to marry ... silence , she murmured something about my being " a queer fellow . " " And I daresay that's why I love you , " she ...
Page 84
... silence that followed , the magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then ... silent . Suddenly he rose , walked to a file cabinet stand- ing against the opposite wall , pulled a drawer open , and ...
... silence that followed , the magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then ... silent . Suddenly he rose , walked to a file cabinet stand- ing against the opposite wall , pulled a drawer open , and ...
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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