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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... queer effect , seeing all those old fellows grouped round the keeper , solemnly eying me and dandling their heads from side to side . For a moment I had an absurd impression that they had come to sit in judgment on me . A few minutes ...
... queer effect , seeing all those old fellows grouped round the keeper , solemnly eying me and dandling their heads from side to side . For a moment I had an absurd impression that they had come to sit in judgment on me . A few minutes ...
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... my feelings under control . " No , " I said . " That wouldn't be true . " He gave me a queer look , as if I slightly revolted him ; then informed me , in an almost hostile tone , that in any case the head of the Home and 80.
... my feelings under control . " No , " I said . " That wouldn't be true . " He gave me a queer look , as if I slightly revolted him ; then informed me , in an almost hostile tone , that in any case the head of the Home and 80.
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... queer that I bent toward the policeman on my right and asked him to explain . He told me to shut up ; then , after a moment , whispered : " They all do that . " It seemed to me that the idea behind it was still further to exclude me ...
... queer that I bent toward the policeman on my right and asked him to explain . He told me to shut up ; then , after a moment , whispered : " They all do that . " It seemed to me that the idea behind it was still further to exclude me ...
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