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 67
... wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of any- thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half asleep . Just then Raymond said something to Masson that I didn't quite catch . But at the same moment I ...
... wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of any- thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half asleep . Just then Raymond said something to Masson that I didn't quite catch . But at the same moment I ...
Page 105
... wave of his hand he left us , and for some minutes nothing happened . Then , accompanied by some colleagues , my law- yer bustled in , in his gown . He went up to the press table and shook hands with the journalists . They remained 105.
... wave of his hand he left us , and for some minutes nothing happened . Then , accompanied by some colleagues , my law- yer bustled in , in his gown . He went up to the press table and shook hands with the journalists . They remained 105.
Page 107
... wave of her hand before following the others out by a side door . I was thinking how strange it was I hadn't noticed any of them before when I heard the last name called , that of Céleste . As he rose , I noticed beside him the quaint ...
... wave of her hand before following the others out by a side door . I was thinking how strange it was I hadn't noticed any of them before when I heard the last name called , that of Céleste . As he rose , I noticed beside him the quaint ...
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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