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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... couldn't see their eyes , only a dull glow in a sort of nest of wrinkles . · On sitting down , they looked at me , and wagged their heads awkwardly , their lips sucked in between their toothless gums . I couldn't decide if they were ...
... couldn't see their eyes , only a dull glow in a sort of nest of wrinkles . · On sitting down , they looked at me , and wagged their heads awkwardly , their lips sucked in between their toothless gums . I couldn't decide if they were ...
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... couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's col- lar . I raised my voice a little . Without looking round , he mumbled in a sort of suppressed fury : " He's always in the way , blast him ! ” Then he ...
... couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's col- lar . I raised my voice a little . Without looking round , he mumbled in a sort of suppressed fury : " He's always in the way , blast him ! ” Then he ...
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... couldn't even be sure of being alive . It might look as if my hands were empty.Actually , I was sure of myself , sure about everything , far surer than he ; sure of my present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt ...
... couldn't even be sure of being alive . It might look as if my hands were empty.Actually , I was sure of myself , sure about everything , far surer than he ; sure of my present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt ...
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