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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... moment there was a crowd of people on the land- ing . Marie and I went out to see . The woman was still screaming and Raymond still knocking her about . Marie said , wasn't it horrible ! I didn't an- swer anything . Then she asked me to ...
... moment there was a crowd of people on the land- ing . Marie and I went out to see . The woman was still screaming and Raymond still knocking her about . Marie said , wasn't it horrible ! I didn't an- swer anything . Then she asked me to ...
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... moment . Then we swam a few strokes , and when we were almost out of our depth she flung her arms round me and hugged me . I felt her legs twining round mine , and my senses tingled . When we got back , Masson was on the steps of his ...
... moment . Then we swam a few strokes , and when we were almost out of our depth she flung her arms round me and hugged me . I felt her legs twining round mine , and my senses tingled . When we got back , Masson was on the steps of his ...
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... moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this luxury was ...
... moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this luxury was ...
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