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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... wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of any- thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half asleep . Just then Raymond said something to Masson that I didn't quite catch . But at the same moment I ...
... wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of any- thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half asleep . Just then Raymond said something to Masson that I didn't quite catch . But at the same moment I ...
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... wave of her hand before following the others out by a side door . I was thinking how strange it was I hadn't noticed any of them before when I heard the last name called , that of Céleste . As he rose , I noticed beside him the quaint ...
... wave of her hand before following the others out by a side door . I was thinking how strange it was I hadn't noticed any of them before when I heard the last name called , that of Céleste . As he rose , I noticed beside him the quaint ...
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... wave of his hand and led off by say- ing I was innocent . The Judge rebuked him . " You are here to give evidence , not your views on the case , and you must confine yourself to an- swering the questions put you . " He was then asked to ...
... wave of his hand and led off by say- ing I was innocent . The Judge rebuked him . " You are here to give evidence , not your views on the case , and you must confine yourself to an- swering the questions put you . " He was then asked to ...
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