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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... on it , we'd get married . Then she asked me again if I loved her . I replied , much as before , that her question meant nothing or inext to nothing - but I supposed I didn't . * " If that's how you feel , " she said 5 2.
... on it , we'd get married . Then she asked me again if I loved her . I replied , much as before , that her question meant nothing or inext to nothing - but I supposed I didn't . * " If that's how you feel , " she said 5 2.
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... replied that I regarded my case as very simple . He smiled . " Well , it may seem so to you . But we've got to abide by the law , and , if you don't engage a lawyer , the court will have to appoint one for you . " It struck me as an ...
... replied that I regarded my case as very simple . He smiled . " Well , it may seem so to you . But we've got to abide by the law , and , if you don't engage a lawyer , the court will have to appoint one for you . " It struck me as an ...
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... replied , " like everybody else . " The clerk behind me , who had been typing away at a steady pace , must just then have hit the wrong keys , as I heard him pushing the carrier back and crossing something out . Next , without any ...
... replied , " like everybody else . " The clerk behind me , who had been typing away at a steady pace , must just then have hit the wrong keys , as I heard him pushing the carrier back and crossing something out . Next , without any ...
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