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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... added hastily and with a rather embar- rassed air that some of the people in the street said nasty things about me because I'd sent my mother to the Home . But he , of course , knew better ; he knew how devoted to my mother I had always ...
... added hastily and with a rather embar- rassed air that some of the people in the street said nasty things about me because I'd sent my mother to the Home . But he , of course , knew better ; he knew how devoted to my mother I had always ...
Page 59
... added that life was going to be a bit of a problem for him , under the new conditions . For the first time since I'd known him he held out his hand to me — rather shyly , I thought - and I could feel the scales on his skin . Just as he ...
... added that life was going to be a bit of a problem for him , under the new conditions . For the first time since I'd known him he held out his hand to me — rather shyly , I thought - and I could feel the scales on his skin . Just as he ...
Page 63
... added . I glanced at her , and noticed that she and Marie seemed to be getting on well together ; laughing and chattering away . For the first time , perhaps , I seriously considered the possibility of my marrying her . Masson wanted to ...
... added . I glanced at her , and noticed that she and Marie seemed to be getting on well together ; laughing and chattering away . For the first time , perhaps , I seriously considered the possibility of my marrying her . Masson wanted to ...
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