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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... face at all ; it was musical and slightly tremulous . What she said was : " If you go too slowly there's the risk of a heatstroke . But , if you go too fast , you perspire , and the cold air in the church gives you a chill . " I saw her ...
... face at all ; it was musical and slightly tremulous . What she said was : " If you go too slowly there's the risk of a heatstroke . But , if you go too fast , you perspire , and the cold air in the church gives you a chill . " I saw her ...
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... face in it . My expression was terribly serious , I thought , even when I tried to smile . I held the pannikin at different angles , but always my face had the same mournful , tense ex- pression . The sun was setting and it was the hour ...
... face in it . My expression was terribly serious , I thought , even when I tried to smile . I held the pannikin at different angles , but always my face had the same mournful , tense ex- pression . The sun was setting and it was the hour ...
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... face you are asked to see . 99 This roused me a little . I informed him that I'd been staring at those walls for ... face . But it was a sun - gold face , lit up with desire - Marie's face . I had no luck ; I'd never seen it , and now I ...
... face you are asked to see . 99 This roused me a little . I informed him that I'd been staring at those walls for ... face . But it was a sun - gold face , lit up with desire - Marie's face . I had no luck ; I'd never seen it , and now I ...
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