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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... sort of cramp . There was a glimmer of dawn above the sky- light . A minute or two later one of the old men woke up and coughed repeatedly . He spat into a big check handkerchief , and each time he spat it sounded as if he were retching ...
... sort of cramp . There was a glimmer of dawn above the sky- light . A minute or two later one of the old men woke up and coughed repeatedly . He spat into a big check handkerchief , and each time he spat it sounded as if he were retching ...
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... sort of lech on her " as he called it . But he was quite determined to teach her a lesson . His first idea , he said , had been to take her to a hotel , and then call in the special police . He'd per- suade them to put her on the ...
... sort of lech on her " as he called it . But he was quite determined to teach her a lesson . His first idea , he said , had been to take her to a hotel , and then call in the special police . He'd per- suade them to put her on the ...
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... sort of hungry passion . But I had to stop looking at them as Marie was shouting to me that we mustn't lose hope . - " Certainly not , " I answered . My gaze fell on her shoulders , and I had a sudden longing to squeeze them , through ...
... sort of hungry passion . But I had to stop looking at them as Marie was shouting to me that we mustn't lose hope . - " Certainly not , " I answered . My gaze fell on her shoulders , and I had a sudden longing to squeeze them , through ...
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