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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... turned slightly in his direction and was looking at him when the warden started telling me more about him . I re- member his saying that old Pérez and my mother used often to have a longish stroll together in the cool of the evening ...
... turned slightly in his direction and was looking at him when the warden started telling me more about him . I re- member his saying that old Pérez and my mother used often to have a longish stroll together in the cool of the evening ...
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... turning like a teetotum , looking in all directions , and sometimes peering into the darkness of the hall with his ... turned to go , the dog was gone . I'd been meaning to get a smaller collar , but I never thought the brute could ...
... turning like a teetotum , looking in all directions , and sometimes peering into the darkness of the hall with his ... turned to go , the dog was gone . I'd been meaning to get a smaller collar , but I never thought the brute could ...
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... turned to me , said , without looking in my direction , that , subject to His Honor's approval , he would like to know if I'd gone back to the stream with the in- tention of killing the Arab . I said , " No. " In that case , why had I ...
... turned to me , said , without looking in my direction , that , subject to His Honor's approval , he would like to know if I'd gone back to the stream with the in- tention of killing the Arab . I said , " No. " In that case , why had I ...
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