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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... beach together , sharing expenses . Suddenly Marie exclaimed : " I say ! Do the time ? It's only half - past eleven ! " you know We were all surprised at that , and Masson re- marked that we'd had a very early lunch , but really lunch ...
... beach together , sharing expenses . Suddenly Marie exclaimed : " I say ! Do the time ? It's only half - past eleven ! " you know We were all surprised at that , and Masson re- marked that we'd had a very early lunch , but really lunch ...
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... beach , and started walking . There was the same red glare as far as eye could reach , and small waves were lapping the hot sand in little , flurried gasps . As I slowly walked toward the boulders at the end of the beach I could feel my ...
... beach , and started walking . There was the same red glare as far as eye could reach , and small waves were lapping the hot sand in little , flurried gasps . As I slowly walked toward the boulders at the end of the beach I could feel my ...
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... beach , our swim , the fight , then the beach again , and the five shots I'd fired . But I went over it all again , and after each phrase he nodded . " Quite so , quite so . " When I described the body lying on the sand , he nodded more ...
... beach , our swim , the fight , then the beach again , and the five shots I'd fired . But I went over it all again , and after each phrase he nodded . " Quite so , quite so . " When I described the body lying on the sand , he nodded more ...
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