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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... anyhow , it has lost all its hair and its body is cov- ered with brown scabs . Perhaps through living in one small room , cooped up with his dog , Salamano has come to resemble it . His towy hair has gone very thin , and he has reddish ...
... anyhow , it has lost all its hair and its body is cov- ered with brown scabs . Perhaps through living in one small room , cooped up with his dog , Salamano has come to resemble it . His towy hair has gone very thin , and he has reddish ...
Page 86
... anyhow , am a Christian . And I pray Him to forgive you for your sins . My poor young man , how can you not be- lieve that He suffered for your sake ? " I noticed that his manner seemed genuinely so- licitous when he said , " My poor ...
... anyhow , am a Christian . And I pray Him to forgive you for your sins . My poor young man , how can you not be- lieve that He suffered for your sake ? " I noticed that his manner seemed genuinely so- licitous when he said , " My poor ...
Page 137
... anyhow give me a moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this ...
... anyhow give me a moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this ...
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