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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... cell grew crowded with their faces , ghosts of my old pas- sions . That unsettled me , no doubt ; but , at least , it served to kill time . I gradually became quite friendly with the chief jailer , who went the rounds with the kitchen ...
... cell grew crowded with their faces , ghosts of my old pas- sions . That unsettled me , no doubt ; but , at least , it served to kill time . I gradually became quite friendly with the chief jailer , who went the rounds with the kitchen ...
Page 132
... cell , and sleep . ... and sleep . Dimly I heard my counsel making his last appeal . " Gentlemen of the jury , surely you will not send to his death a decent , hard - working young man , because for one tragic moment he lost his self ...
... cell , and sleep . ... and sleep . Dimly I heard my counsel making his last appeal . " Gentlemen of the jury , surely you will not send to his death a decent , hard - working young man , because for one tragic moment he lost his self ...
Page 148
... cell , almost the only choice lay between standing up and sitting down . I was staring at the floor . He took a single step toward me , and halted , as if he didn't dare to come nearer . Then he looked up through the bars at the sky ...
... cell , almost the only choice lay between standing up and sitting down . I was staring at the floor . He took a single step toward me , and halted , as if he didn't dare to come nearer . Then he looked up through the bars at the sky ...
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