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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Page 138
Perhaps the only things I really knew about him were what Mother had told me .
... had I failed to recognize that nothing was more important than an execution ;
that , viewed from one angle , it's the only thing that can genuinely interest a man
?
Perhaps the only things I really knew about him were what Mother had told me .
... had I failed to recognize that nothing was more important than an execution ;
that , viewed from one angle , it's the only thing that can genuinely interest a man
?
Page 141
There were two other things about which I was always thinking : the dawn and my
appeal . However , I did my best to keep my ... Another thing I did to deflect the
course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't imagine that this faint ...
There were two other things about which I was always thinking : the dawn and my
appeal . However , I did my best to keep my ... Another thing I did to deflect the
course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't imagine that this faint ...
Page 152
The same thing for Salamano's wife and for Salamano's dog . That little robot
woman was as " guilty " as the girl from Paris who had married Masson , or as
Marie , who wanted me to marry her . What did it matter if Raymond was as much
my ...
The same thing for Salamano's wife and for Salamano's dog . That little robot
woman was as " guilty " as the girl from Paris who had married Masson , or as
Marie , who wanted me to marry her . What did it matter if Raymond was as much
my ...
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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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