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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... shouted , " We licked them ! " I waved my hand and called back , " Good work ! " From now on there was a steady stream of private cars . The sky had changed again ; a reddish glow was spreading up beyond the housetops . As dusk set in ...
... shouted , " We licked them ! " I waved my hand and called back , " Good work ! " From now on there was a steady stream of private cars . The sky had changed again ; a reddish glow was spreading up beyond the housetops . As dusk set in ...
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... shouted to Masson to come . Masson went up to the man he had been marking and struck him twice with all his might . The fellow fell flat into the wa- ter and stayed there some seconds with bubbles coming up to the surface round his head ...
... shouted to Masson to come . Masson went up to the man he had been marking and struck him twice with all his might . The fellow fell flat into the wa- ter and stayed there some seconds with bubbles coming up to the surface round his head ...
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... shouted across the gap that Raymond sent me his best wishes , and I said , " Thanks . " But my voice was drowned by ... shouting to me that we mustn't lose hope . - " Certainly not , " I answered . My gaze fell on her shoulders , and I ...
... shouted across the gap that Raymond sent me his best wishes , and I said , " Thanks . " But my voice was drowned by ... shouting to me that we mustn't lose hope . - " Certainly not , " I answered . My gaze fell on her shoulders , and I ...
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