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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... prison , I decided that this phase of my life was one of them . However , as time went by , I came to feel that this aversion had no real substance . In point of fact , during those early days , I was hardly con- scious of being in prison ...
... prison , I decided that this phase of my life was one of them . However , as time went by , I came to feel that this aversion had no real substance . In point of fact , during those early days , I was hardly con- scious of being in prison ...
Page 101
... prison in a sort of stealthy proces- sion . I went to the barred window and in the last rays looked once again at my reflected face . It was as serious as before ; and that wasn't surprising , as just then I was feeling serious . But ...
... prison in a sort of stealthy proces- sion . I went to the barred window and in the last rays looked once again at my reflected face . It was as serious as before ; and that wasn't surprising , as just then I was feeling serious . But ...
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... out . V I HAVE just refused , for the third time , to see the prison chaplain . I have nothing to say to him , don't feel like talking - and shall be seeing him quite soon Eating mty's He so contenen Asan escriue ? enough , 135.
... out . V I HAVE just refused , for the third time , to see the prison chaplain . I have nothing to say to him , don't feel like talking - and shall be seeing him quite soon Eating mty's He so contenen Asan escriue ? enough , 135.
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