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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Page 52
... didn't care much one way or the other . He then asked if a “ change of life , ” as he called it , didn't appeal to me , and I answered that one never changed his way of life ; one life was as good as another , and my present one suited ...
... didn't care much one way or the other . He then asked if a “ change of life , ” as he called it , didn't appeal to me , and I answered that one never changed his way of life ; one life was as good as another , and my present one suited ...
Page 67
... didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even lived together for a while . We went down to the water's edge and walked along it ; now and then a longer wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of ...
... didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even lived together for a while . We went down to the water's edge and walked along it ; now and then a longer wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of ...
Page 146
... didn't interest me . And the question he had raised didn't interest me at all . He looked away and , without altering his pos- ture , asked if it was because I felt utterly desperate that I spoke like this . I explained that it wasn't ...
... didn't interest me . And the question he had raised didn't interest me at all . He looked away and , without altering his pos- ture , asked if it was because I felt utterly desperate that I spoke like this . I explained that it wasn't ...
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