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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... knew I had another twenty - four hours ' respite . Then all day there was my appeal to think about . I made the most of this idea , studying my effects so as to squeeze out the maximum of consolation . Thus , I always began by assuming ...
... knew I had another twenty - four hours ' respite . Then all day there was my appeal to think about . I made the most of this idea , studying my effects so as to squeeze out the maximum of consolation . Thus , I always began by assuming ...
Page 149
... knew better than I knew them . And once upon a time , perhaps , I used to try to see a 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'd given up trying . Indeed ...
... knew better than I knew them . And once upon a time , perhaps , I used to try to see a 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'd given up trying . Indeed ...
Page 152
... knew quite well why . He , too , knew why . From the dark horizon of my fu- ture a sort of slow , persistent breeze had been blow- ing toward me , all my life long , from the years that were to come . And on its way that breeze had lev ...
... knew quite well why . He , too , knew why . From the dark horizon of my fu- ture a sort of slow , persistent breeze had been blow- ing toward me , all my life long , from the years that were to come . And on its way that breeze had lev ...
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