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 52
... mind , when one was in business . I returned to my work . I'd have preferred not to vex him , but I saw no reason for " changing my life . " By and large it wasn't an unpleasant one . As a student I'd had plenty of ambition of the kind ...
... mind , when one was in business . I returned to my work . I'd have preferred not to vex him , but I saw no reason for " changing my life . " By and large it wasn't an unpleasant one . As a student I'd had plenty of ambition of the kind ...
Page 129
... mind as in the present case . In demanding a verdict of murder without extenuating circumstances , I am following not only the dictates of my conscience and a sacred obligation , but also those of the natural and right- eous indignation ...
... mind as in the present case . In demanding a verdict of murder without extenuating circumstances , I am following not only the dictates of my conscience and a sacred obligation , but also those of the natural and right- eous indignation ...
Page 138
... mind , I remem- bered a story Mother used to tell me about my father . I never set eyes on him . Perhaps the only things I really knew about him were what Mother had told me . One of these was that he'd gone to see a murderer executed ...
... mind , I remem- bered a story Mother used to tell me about my father . I never set eyes on him . Perhaps the only things I really knew about him were what Mother had told me . One of these was that he'd gone to see a murderer executed ...
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