The StrangerA young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character ... |
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Page 84
... magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then sitting down again . Finally , plant- ing his elbows on the desk , he bent toward me with a queer expression . " But why , why did you go on firing at ...
... magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then sitting down again . Finally , plant- ing his elbows on the desk , he bent toward me with a queer expression . " But why , why did you go on firing at ...
Page 87
... magistrate stood up . In the same weary tone he asked me a last question : Did I regret what I had done ? After ... magistrate many times more , but on these occasions my lawyer always accom- panied me . The examinations were confined to ...
... magistrate stood up . In the same weary tone he asked me a last question : Did I regret what I had done ? After ... magistrate many times more , but on these occasions my lawyer always accom- panied me . The examinations were confined to ...
Page 88
... magistrate closed the interview . My case was " taking its course , " as he put it . Sometimes , too , the conversa- tion was of a general order , and the magistrate and lawyer encouraged me to join in it . I began to breathe more ...
... magistrate closed the interview . My case was " taking its course , " as he put it . Sometimes , too , the conversa- tion was of a general order , and the magistrate and lawyer encouraged me to join in it . I began to breathe more ...
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