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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... pin - stripe trou- sers . He picked up the telephone receiver and looked at me . " The undertaker's men arrived some moments ago , and they will be going to the mortuary to 1 screw down the coffin . Shall I tell them to I 4.
... pin - stripe trou- sers . He picked up the telephone receiver and looked at me . " The undertaker's men arrived some moments ago , and they will be going to the mortuary to 1 screw down the coffin . Shall I tell them to I 4.
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Albert Camus. screw down the coffin . Shall I tell them to wait , for you to have a last glimpse of your mother ? " " No , " I said . He spoke into the receiver , lowering his voice . " That's all right , Figeac . Tell the men to go ...
Albert Camus. screw down the coffin . Shall I tell them to wait , for you to have a last glimpse of your mother ? " " No , " I said . He spoke into the receiver , lowering his voice . " That's all right , Figeac . Tell the men to go ...
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... tell me , and that was why he'd rung me up , though he could have waited till the evening to pass on the invitation . " It's like this , " he said . " I've been shadowed all the morning by some Arabs . One of them's the brother of that ...
... tell me , and that was why he'd rung me up , though he could have waited till the evening to pass on the invitation . " It's like this , " he said . " I've been shadowed all the morning by some Arabs . One of them's the brother of that ...
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