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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... haze , there was something inhuman , discour- aging , about this landscape . At last we made a move . Only then I noticed that Pérez had a slight limp . The old chap steadily lost ground as the hearse gained speed . One of the 18.
... haze , there was something inhuman , discour- aging , about this landscape . At last we made a move . Only then I noticed that Pérez had a slight limp . The old chap steadily lost ground as the hearse gained speed . One of the 18.
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... moved ; it was all sunlight and silence except for the tinkle of the stream and those three little lonely sounds . Then Raymond put his hand to his revolver pocket , but the Arabs still didn't move . I noticed the man playing on the ...
... moved ; it was all sunlight and silence except for the tinkle of the stream and those three little lonely sounds . Then Raymond put his hand to his revolver pocket , but the Arabs still didn't move . I noticed the man playing on the ...
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... move . After all , there was still some distance between us . Perhaps because of the shadow on his face , he seemed ... moving on a yard or so . But I took that step , just one step , forward . And then the Arab drew his knife and held ...
... move . After all , there was still some distance between us . Perhaps because of the shadow on his face , he seemed ... moving on a yard or so . But I took that step , just one step , forward . And then the Arab drew his knife and held ...
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