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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... answer , but went on shouting , " You bloody cur ! " and the rest of it . I couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's col- lar . I ... answered : " No. " We went up the stairs together , Sintès and I 34.
... answer , but went on shouting , " You bloody cur ! " and the rest of it . I couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's col- lar . I ... answered : " No. " We went up the stairs together , Sintès and I 34.
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Albert Camus. I answered that , of recent years , I'd rather lost the habit of noting my feelings , and hardly knew what to answer . I could truthfully say I'd been quite fond of Mother - but really that didn't mean much . All normal ...
Albert Camus. I answered that , of recent years , I'd rather lost the habit of noting my feelings , and hardly knew what to answer . I could truthfully say I'd been quite fond of Mother - but really that didn't mean much . All normal ...
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... answered , " No , " added emphatically : " I trust the jury will take note of this reply . " My lawyer rose at once , and asked Pérez in a tone that seemed to me needlessly aggressive : " Now , think well , my man ! Can you swear you ...
... answered , " No , " added emphatically : " I trust the jury will take note of this reply . " My lawyer rose at once , and asked Pérez in a tone that seemed to me needlessly aggressive : " Now , think well , my man ! Can you swear you ...
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