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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... heard something that I hadn't heard for months . It was the sound of a voice ; my own voice , there was no mistaking it . And I recognized it as the voice that for many a day of late had been sound- ing in my ears . So I knew that all ...
... heard something that I hadn't heard for months . It was the sound of a voice ; my own voice , there was no mistaking it . And I recognized it as the voice that for many a day of late had been sound- ing in my ears . So I knew that all ...
Page 132
... heard the tin trum- pet of an ice - cream vendor in the street , a small , shrill sound cutting across the flow of words . And then a rush of memories went through my mind- memories of a life which was mine no longer and had once ...
... heard the tin trum- pet of an ice - cream vendor in the street , a small , shrill sound cutting across the flow of words . And then a rush of memories went through my mind- memories of a life which was mine no longer and had once ...
Page 135
... heard the Judge's voice asking if I had anything more to say . After thinking for a moment , I answered , " No. " Then the policemen led me out . V I HAVE just refused , for the third time , to see the prison chaplain . I have nothing ...
... heard the Judge's voice asking if I had anything more to say . After thinking for a moment , I answered , " No. " Then the policemen led me out . V I HAVE just refused , for the third time , to see the prison chaplain . I have nothing ...
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