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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... Salamano , who lived on the same floor as I. As usual , he had his dog with him . For eight years the two had been inseparable . Salamano's spaniel is an ugly brute , afflicted with some skin disease - mange , I suspect ; anyhow , it ...
... Salamano , who lived on the same floor as I. As usual , he had his dog with him . For eight years the two had been inseparable . Salamano's spaniel is an ugly brute , afflicted with some skin disease - mange , I suspect ; anyhow , it ...
Page 56
... Salamano . I asked him into my room , and he in- formed me that his dog was definitely lost . He'd been to the pound to inquire , but it wasn't there , and the staff told him it had probably been run over . When he asked them whether it ...
... Salamano . I asked him into my room , and he in- formed me that his dog was definitely lost . He'd been to the pound to inquire , but it wasn't there , and the staff told him it had probably been run over . When he asked them whether it ...
Page 152
... Salamano's wife and for Salamano's dog . That little robot woman was as " guilty " as the girl from Paris who had married Masson , or as Marie , who wanted me to marry her . What did it matter if Raymond was as much my pal as Céleste ...
... Salamano's wife and for Salamano's dog . That little robot woman was as " guilty " as the girl from Paris who had married Masson , or as Marie , who wanted me to marry her . What did it matter if Raymond was as much my pal as Céleste ...
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