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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... judge the clerk of the court brought three fans of plaited straw , which the three judges promptly put in action . My examination began at once . The Judge ques- tioned me quite calmly and even , I thought , with a hint of cordiality ...
... judge the clerk of the court brought three fans of plaited straw , which the three judges promptly put in action . My examination began at once . The Judge ques- tioned me quite calmly and even , I thought , with a hint of cordiality ...
Page 109
... Judge lingered on each detail . Meanwhile the journalists scribbled busily away . But I was sometimes conscious of the eyes of the youngest fixed on me ; also those of the queer little robot woman . The jurymen , however , were all ...
... Judge lingered on each detail . Meanwhile the journalists scribbled busily away . But I was sometimes conscious of the eyes of the youngest fixed on me ; also those of the queer little robot woman . The jurymen , however , were all ...
Page 116
... Judge cut him short . " Quite so . That's all , thank you . " For a bit Céleste seemed flabbergasted ; then he explained that he hadn't finished what he wanted to say . They told him to continue , but to make it brief . He only repeated ...
... Judge cut him short . " Quite so . That's all , thank you . " For a bit Céleste seemed flabbergasted ; then he explained that he hadn't finished what he wanted to say . They told him to continue , but to make it brief . He only repeated ...
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