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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... turning like a teetotum , looking in all directions , and sometimes peering into the darkness of the hall with his ... turned to go , the dog was gone . I'd been meaning to get a smaller collar , but I never thought the brute could ...
... turning like a teetotum , looking in all directions , and sometimes peering into the darkness of the hall with his ... turned to go , the dog was gone . I'd been meaning to get a smaller collar , but I never thought the brute could ...
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... turned and , smiling a little , said : " Let's hope the dogs won't bark again tonight . " I always think it's mine I hear . . . VI · " " IT WAS an effort waking up that Sunday morning ; Marie had to jog my shoulders and shout my name ...
... turned and , smiling a little , said : " Let's hope the dogs won't bark again tonight . " I always think it's mine I hear . . . VI · " " IT WAS an effort waking up that Sunday morning ; Marie had to jog my shoulders and shout my name ...
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... turned to Raymond . " Was the prisoner your friend ? " " Certainly . We were the best of pals , as they say . " The Prosecutor then put me the same question . I looked hard at Raymond , and he did not turn away . Then , " Yes , " I ...
... turned to Raymond . " Was the prisoner your friend ? " " Certainly . We were the best of pals , as they say . " The Prosecutor then put me the same question . I looked hard at Raymond , and he did not turn away . Then , " Yes , " I ...
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