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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... Marengo , some fifty miles from Algiers . With the two- o'clock bus I should get there well before night- fall . Then I can spend the night there , keeping the usual vigil beside the body , and be back here by tomorrow evening . I have ...
... Marengo , some fifty miles from Algiers . With the two- o'clock bus I should get there well before night- fall . Then I can spend the night there , keeping the usual vigil beside the body , and be back here by tomorrow evening . I have ...
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... Marengo , he'd never have believed it . He was sixty - four , he said , and hailed from Paris . When he said that , I broke in . “ Ah , you don't come from here ? " I remembered then that , before taking me to the warden , he'd told me ...
... Marengo , he'd never have believed it . He was sixty - four , he said , and hailed from Paris . When he said that , I broke in . “ Ah , you don't come from here ? " I remembered then that , before taking me to the warden , he'd told me ...
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... Marengo and the sea . A morning breeze was blowing and it had a pleasant salty tang . There was the promise of a very fine day . I hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an agreeable walk I could have ...
... Marengo and the sea . A morning breeze was blowing and it had a pleasant salty tang . There was the promise of a very fine day . I hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an agreeable walk I could have ...
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