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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... guillotine falls . Often and often I blame myself for not having given more attention to accounts of public executions . One should al- lote ways take an interest in such matters . There's never any knowing what one may come to . Like ...
... guillotine falls . Often and often I blame myself for not having given more attention to accounts of public executions . One should al- lote ways take an interest in such matters . There's never any knowing what one may come to . Like ...
Page 139
... guillotine was that the con- demned man had no chance at all , absolutely none In fact , the patient's death had been ordained ir revocably . It was a foregone conclusion . If by some fluke the knife didn't do its job , they started ...
... guillotine was that the con- demned man had no chance at all , absolutely none In fact , the patient's death had been ordained ir revocably . It was a foregone conclusion . If by some fluke the knife didn't do its job , they started ...
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... guillotine ; its shining surfaces and finish reminded me of some laboratory instrument . One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know . Now I had to admit it seemed a very simple process , getting guillotined ; the ...
... guillotine ; its shining surfaces and finish reminded me of some laboratory instrument . One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know . Now I had to admit it seemed a very simple process , getting guillotined ; the ...
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