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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... soon after we were round the bend ; then began to lose ground again . He took another short cut and met us again farther on ; in fact , this hap- pened several times during the next half - hour . But soon I lost interest in his ...
... soon after we were round the bend ; then began to lose ground again . He took another short cut and met us again farther on ; in fact , this hap- pened several times during the next half - hour . But soon I lost interest in his ...
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... soon lost sight of her and turned back homeward . For a moment the " little robot " ( as I thought of her ) had much impressed me , but I soon forgot about her . As I was turning in at my door I ran into old Salamano . I asked him into ...
... soon lost sight of her and turned back homeward . For a moment the " little robot " ( as I thought of her ) had much impressed me , but I soon forgot about her . As I was turning in at my door I ran into old Salamano . I asked him into ...
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... Soon after this incident the court rose . As I was being taken from the courthouse to the 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 ...
... Soon after this incident the court rose . As I was being taken from the courthouse to the 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 ...
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