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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... crime . The first part was missing , but I gathered that its scene was some village in Czech- oslovakia . One of the villagers had left his home to try his luck abroad . After twenty - five years , having made a fortune , he returned to ...
... crime . The first part was missing , but I gathered that its scene was some village in Czech- oslovakia . One of the villagers had left his home to try his luck abroad . After twenty - five years , having made a fortune , he returned to ...
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... crime . Really there wasn't any very great difference between the two speeches . Counsel for the defense raised his arms to heaven and pleaded guilty , but with extenuating circumstances . The Prosecutor made similar gestures ; he ...
... crime . Really there wasn't any very great difference between the two speeches . Counsel for the defense raised his arms to heaven and pleaded guilty , but with extenuating circumstances . The Prosecutor made similar gestures ; he ...
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... crime , he was unaware what he was doing . " I noticed that he laid stress on my " intelligence . " It puzzled me rather why what would count as a good point in an ordinary person should be used against an accused man as an overwhelming ...
... crime , he was unaware what he was doing . " I noticed that he laid stress on my " intelligence . " It puzzled me rather why what would count as a good point in an ordinary person should be used against an accused man as an overwhelming ...
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