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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... mind , when one was in business . I returned to my work . I'd have preferred not to vex him , but I saw no reason for " changing my life . ” By and large it wasn't an unpleasant one . As a student I'd had plenty of ambition of the kind ...
... mind , when one was in business . I returned to my work . I'd have preferred not to vex him , but I saw no reason for " changing my life . ” By and large it wasn't an unpleasant one . As a student I'd had plenty of ambition of the kind ...
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... mind , the man was asking for trouble ; one shouldn't play fool tricks of that sort . So , what with long bouts of sleep , my memories , readings of that scrap of newspaper , the tides of light and darkness , the days slipped by . I'd ...
... mind , the man was asking for trouble ; one shouldn't play fool tricks of that sort . So , what with long bouts of sleep , my memories , readings of that scrap of newspaper , the tides of light and darkness , the days slipped by . I'd ...
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... mind had gone blurred ; everything was dissolving into a grayish , watery haze . Only one incident stands out ; toward the end , while my counsel rambled on , I heard the tin trum- pet of an ice - cream vendor in the street , a small ...
... mind had gone blurred ; everything was dissolving into a grayish , watery haze . Only one incident stands out ; toward the end , while my counsel rambled on , I heard the tin trum- pet of an ice - cream vendor in the street , a small ...
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