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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... Never in all my experience have I known a soul so case - hardened as yours , " he said in a low tone . All the criminals who have come before me until now wept when they saw this symbol of our Lord's sufferings . " I was on the point of ...
... Never in all my experience have I known a soul so case - hardened as yours , " he said in a low tone . All the criminals who have come before me until now wept when they saw this symbol of our Lord's sufferings . " I was on the point of ...
Page 141
... never been one of my strong points . Still , I tried to picture a moment when the beating of my heart no longer echoed in my head . But , in vain . The dawn and my appeal were still there . And I ended by be- lieving it was a silly ...
... never been one of my strong points . Still , I tried to picture a moment when the beating of my heart no longer echoed in my head . But , in vain . The dawn and my appeal were still there . And I ended by be- lieving it was a silly ...
Page 149
... never seen it , and now I'd given up trying . Indeed , I'd never seen anything " taking form , " as he called it , against those gray walls . The chaplain gazed at me with a sort of sadness . I now had my back to the wall and light was ...
... never seen it , and now I'd given up trying . Indeed , I'd never seen anything " taking form , " as he called it , against those gray walls . The chaplain gazed at me with a sort of sadness . I now had my back to the wall and light was ...
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