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 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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... He'd married rather late in life . When a young man , he wanted to go on the stage ; during his military service he'd often played in the regimental theatricals and acted rather well , so everybody said . However , finally , he had ...
... He'd married rather late in life . When a young man , he wanted to go on the stage ; during his military service he'd often played in the regimental theatricals and acted rather well , so everybody said . However , finally , he had ...
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