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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... 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 , side by side , and it was pleasant feeling how our move ...
... 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 , side by side , and it was pleasant feeling how our move ...
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... hands behind his head , his face shaded by the rock while the sun beat on the rest of his body . One could see his ... hand from his pocket . I was some distance off , at least ten yards , and most of the time I saw him as a blurred ...
... hands behind his head , his face shaded by the rock while the sun beat on the rest of his body . One could see his ... hand from his pocket . I was some distance off , at least ten yards , and most of the time I saw him as a blurred ...
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Albert Camus. thought about the crime . He placed his hands on the rail of the box and one could see he had a speech all ready . " To my mind it was just an accident , or a stroke of bad luck , if you ... hands , not missing a word of 1 16.
Albert Camus. thought about the crime . He placed his hands on the rail of the box and one could see he had a speech all ready . " To my mind it was just an accident , or a stroke of bad luck , if you ... hands , not missing a word of 1 16.
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