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 107
... jury , the various questions put by the presiding judge to the Prosecutor , the foreman of the jury , and my counsel ( each time he spoke all the jurymen's heads swung round together toward the bench ) , the hurried reading of the ...
... jury , the various questions put by the presiding judge to the Prosecutor , the foreman of the jury , and my counsel ( each time he spoke all the jurymen's heads swung round together toward the bench ) , the hurried reading of the ...
Page 132
... jury , surely you will not send to his death a decent , hard - working young man , because for one tragic moment he lost his self - con- trol ? Is he not sufficiently punished by the lifelong remorse that is to be his lot ? I ...
... jury , surely you will not send to his death a decent , hard - working young man , because for one tragic moment he lost his self - con- trol ? Is he not sufficiently punished by the lifelong remorse that is to be his lot ? I ...
Page 133
... " At The judges came back to their seats . Someone read out to the jury , very rapidly , a string of ques- tions . I caught a word here and there . “ Murder of Provocation ... Exten- malice aforethought .. uating circumstances . " 133.
... " At The judges came back to their seats . Someone read out to the jury , very rapidly , a string of ques- tions . I caught a word here and there . “ Murder of Provocation ... Exten- malice aforethought .. uating circumstances . " 133.
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