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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... silent . I'd ceased feeling sleepy , but I was very tired and my legs were aching badly . And now I realized that the silence of these people was telling on my nerves . The only sound was a rather queer one ; it came only now and then ...
... silent . I'd ceased feeling sleepy , but I was very tired and my legs were aching badly . And now I realized that the silence of these people was telling on my nerves . The only sound was a rather queer one ; it came only now and then ...
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... silence that followed , the magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then ... silent . Suddenly he rose , walked to a file cabinet stand- ing against the opposite wall , pulled a drawer open , and ...
... silence that followed , the magistrate kept fidgeting , running his fingers through his hair , half rising , then ... silent . Suddenly he rose , walked to a file cabinet stand- ing against the opposite wall , pulled a drawer open , and ...
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... silence of the courtroom closed in round me , and with the silence came a queer sen- sation when I noticed that , for the first time , the young journalist kept his eyes averted . I didn't look in Marie's direction . In fact , I had no ...
... silence of the courtroom closed in round me , and with the silence came a queer sen- sation when I noticed that , for the first time , the young journalist kept his eyes averted . I didn't look in Marie's direction . In fact , I had no ...
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