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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... feel the scales on his skin . Just as he was going out of the door , he turned and , smiling a little , said : " Let's hope the dogs won't bark again tonight . I always think it's mine I hear . . . . ' VI " " IT WAS an effort waking up ...
... feel the scales on his skin . Just as he was going out of the door , he turned and , smiling a little , said : " Let's hope the dogs won't bark again tonight . I always think it's mine I hear . . . . ' VI " " IT WAS an effort waking up ...
Page 64
... feeling how our move- ments matched , hers and mine , and how we were both in the same mood , enjoying every moment . Once we were out in the open , we lay on our backs and , as I gazed up at the sky , I could feel the sun drawing up ...
... feeling how our move- ments matched , hers and mine , and how we were both in the same mood , enjoying every moment . Once we were out in the open , we lay on our backs and , as I gazed up at the sky , I could feel the sun drawing up ...
Page 154
... feel it so like my- self , indeed , so brotherly , made me realize that I'd been happy , and that I was happy still . For all to be accomplished , for me to feel less lonely , all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execu ...
... feel it so like my- self , indeed , so brotherly , made me realize that I'd been happy , and that I was happy still . For all to be accomplished , for me to feel less lonely , all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execu ...
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