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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... Masson re- marked that we'd had a very early lunch , but really lunch was a movable feast , you had it when you felt like it . This set Marie laughing , I don't know why . I suspect she'd drunk a bit too much . Then Masson asked if I'd ...
... Masson re- marked that we'd had a very early lunch , but really lunch was a movable feast , you had it when you felt like it . This set Marie laughing , I don't know why . I suspect she'd drunk a bit too much . Then Masson asked if I'd ...
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... Masson talked of things and people I didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even lived together for a while . We went down to the water's edge and walked along it ; now and then a longer wave wet our ...
... Masson talked of things and people I didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even lived together for a while . We went down to the water's edge and walked along it ; now and then a longer wave wet our ...
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... Masson put his hands in his pockets . The sand was as hot as fire , and I could have sworn it was glowing red . The distance between us and the Arabs was steadily decreasing . When we were only a few steps away the Arabs halted . Masson ...
... Masson put his hands in his pockets . The sand was as hot as fire , and I could have sworn it was glowing red . The distance between us and the Arabs was steadily decreasing . When we were only a few steps away the Arabs halted . Masson ...
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