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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... answer , but went on shouting , " You bloody cur ! " and the rest of it . I couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's ... answered : " No. " way M7X715.175 03595650 35 We went up the stairs together , 34.
... answer , but went on shouting , " You bloody cur ! " and the rest of it . I couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's ... answered : " No. " way M7X715.175 03595650 35 We went up the stairs together , 34.
Page 84
... answer . During the silence that followed , the magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then ... answered . That seemed to start him off ; he began speaking at a great pace . He told me he believed 84.
... answer . During the silence that followed , the magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then ... answered . That seemed to start him off ; he began speaking at a great pace . He told me he believed 84.
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... answered : " Do you really think so ? " but chiefly because I felt it up to me to answer something . She started talking very fast in the same high- pitched voice . " Yes , you'll be acquitted , and we'll go bathing again , Sundays ...
... answered : " Do you really think so ? " but chiefly because I felt it up to me to answer something . She started talking very fast in the same high- pitched voice . " Yes , you'll be acquitted , and we'll go bathing again , Sundays ...
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