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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... began to swim when he was out of his depth . He swam hand over hand and made slow headway , so I left him behind and caught up with Maric . The water was cold and I felt all the better for it . We swam a long way out , Marie and I ...
... began to swim when he was out of his depth . He swam hand over hand and made slow headway , so I left him behind and caught up with Maric . The water was cold and I felt all the better for it . We swam a long way out , Marie and I ...
Page 89
... began to fall , and one of them explained to me how to lay out my sleeping mat . By rolling up one end one makes a sort of bolster . All night I felt bugs crawling over my face . A Some days later I was put by myself in 89 II ...
... began to fall , and one of them explained to me how to lay out my sleeping mat . By rolling up one end one makes a sort of bolster . All night I felt bugs crawling over my face . A Some days later I was put by myself in 89 II ...
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... began to flood my cell , I agreed with her . Because I might just as well have heard footsteps , and felt my heart shattered into bits . Even though the faintest rustle sent me hurrying to the door and , pressing an ear to the rough ...
... began to flood my cell , I agreed with her . Because I might just as well have heard footsteps , and felt my heart shattered into bits . Even though the faintest rustle sent me hurrying to the door and , pressing an ear to the rough ...
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