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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... 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 col- lar . I ... answered : " No. " We went up the stairs together , Sintès and I 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 col- lar . I ... answered : " No. " We went up the stairs together , Sintès and I 34.
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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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... answered , " No , " added emphatically : " I trust the jury will take note of this reply . " My lawyer rose at once , and asked Pérez in a tone that seemed to me needlessly aggressive : " Now , think well , my man ! Can you swear you ...
... answered , " No , " added emphatically : " I trust the jury will take note of this reply . " My lawyer rose at once , and asked Pérez in a tone that seemed to me needlessly aggressive : " Now , think well , my man ! Can you swear you ...
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