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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... replied that I could answer for myself . He pressed a bell push on his desk and a young clerk came in and seated himself just behind me . Then we - I and the magistrate - settled back in our chairs and the examination began . He led off ...
... replied that I could answer for myself . He pressed a bell push on his desk and a young clerk came in and seated himself just behind me . Then we - I and the magistrate - settled back in our chairs and the examination began . He led off ...
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... replied , " like everybody else . " The clerk behind me , who had been typing away at a steady pace , must just then have hit the wrong keys , as I heard him pushing the carrier back and crossing something out . Next , without any ...
... replied , " like everybody else . " The clerk behind me , who had been typing away at a steady pace , must just then have hit the wrong keys , as I heard him pushing the carrier back and crossing something out . Next , without any ...
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... replied , " Yes , sir , " as my lawyer had advised me . It was a long business , as the Judge lingered on each detail . Meanwhile the journalists scribbled busily away . But I was sometimes conscious of the eyes of the youngest fixed on ...
... replied , " Yes , sir , " as my lawyer had advised me . It was a long business , as the Judge lingered on each detail . Meanwhile the journalists scribbled busily away . But I was sometimes conscious of the eyes of the youngest fixed on ...
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