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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... he'd been at the Home . " Five years . ” The answer came so pat that one could have thought he'd been expecting my question . That started him off , and he became quite chatty . If anyone had told him ten years ago that he'd end his ...
... he'd been at the Home . " Five years . ” The answer came so pat that one could have thought he'd been expecting my question . That started him off , and he became quite chatty . If anyone had told him ten years ago that he'd end his ...
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... he'd been telling me ; I hadn't thought of that be- fore . Now he went on to say that he'd entered the Home as an ordinary inmate . But he was still quite hale and hearty , and when the keeper's job fell vacant , he offered to take it ...
... he'd been telling me ; I hadn't thought of that be- fore . Now he went on to say that he'd entered the Home as an ordinary inmate . But he was still quite hale and hearty , and when the keeper's job fell vacant , he offered to take it ...
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... he'd found a lottery ticket in her bag , and , when he asked where the money'd come from to buy it , she wouldn't tell him . Then , another time , he'd found a pawn ticket for two bracelets that he'd never set eyes on . " So I knew ...
... he'd found a lottery ticket in her bag , and , when he asked where the money'd come from to buy it , she wouldn't tell him . Then , another time , he'd found a pawn ticket for two bracelets that he'd never set eyes on . " So I knew ...
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