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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My bedroom overlooks the main street of our district. Though it was a fine
afternoon, the paving blocks were black and glistening. What few people were
about seemed in an absurd hurry. First of all there came a family going for their ...
My bedroom overlooks the main street of our district. Though it was a fine
afternoon, the paving blocks were black and glistening. What few people were
about seemed in an absurd hurry. First of all there came a family going for their ...
Page 29
Just then the street lamps came on, all together, and they made the stars that
were beginning to glimmer in the night sky paler still. I felt my eyes getting tired,
what with the lights and all the movement I'd been watching in the street. There
were ...
Just then the street lamps came on, all together, and they made the stars that
were beginning to glimmer in the night sky paler still. I felt my eyes getting tired,
what with the lights and all the movement I'd been watching in the street. There
were ...
Page 34
Just then another man who lives on my floor came in from the street. The general
idea hereabouts is that he's a pimp. But if you ask him what his job is, he says
he's a warehouseman. One thing's sure: he isn't popular in our street. Still, he
often ...
Just then another man who lives on my floor came in from the street. The general
idea hereabouts is that he's a pimp. But if you ask him what his job is, he says
he's a warehouseman. One thing's sure: he isn't popular in our street. Still, he
often ...
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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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