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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... something unfair about it , " I added , " like hitting a man when he's down . " " But that's the whole point of it , " he said ; " that's why you fellows are kept in prison . " " I don't follow . " " Liberty , " he said , “ means that 96.
... something unfair about it , " I added , " like hitting a man when he's down . " " But that's the whole point of it , " he said ; " that's why you fellows are kept in prison . " " I don't follow . " " Liberty , " he said , “ means that 96.
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... prison van , which drove me back , and I was given my midday meal . After a short time , just enough for me to realize how tired I was feeling , they came for me . I was back in the same room , confronting the same faces , and the whole ...
... prison van , which drove me back , and I was given my midday meal . After a short time , just enough for me to realize how tired I was feeling , they came for me . I was back in the same room , confronting the same faces , and the whole ...
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... prison van , I was conscious for a few brief moments of the once familiar feel of a summer evening out - of- doors . And , sitting in the darkness of my moving cell , I recognized , echoing in my tired brain , all the characteristic ...
... prison van , I was conscious for a few brief moments of the once familiar feel of a summer evening out - of- doors . And , sitting in the darkness of my moving cell , I recognized , echoing in my tired brain , all the characteristic ...
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