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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... young men in jobs like get too much young men in jobs like yours don't pay . In any case , she was much hap- pier in the Home . " I said , " Yes , sir ; I'm sure of that . " Then he added : " She had good friends here , you know , old ...
... young men in jobs like get too much young men in jobs like yours don't pay . In any case , she was much hap- pier in the Home . " I said , " Yes , sir ; I'm sure of that . " Then he added : " She had good friends here , you know , old ...
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... young fellows coming from them were taking longer strides and gesturing more vigorously than at ordinary times ; doubtless the picture they'd been seeing was of the wild - West variety . Those who had been to the picture houses in the ...
... young fellows coming from them were taking longer strides and gesturing more vigorously than at ordinary times ; doubtless the picture they'd been seeing was of the wild - West variety . Those who had been to the picture houses in the ...
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... young man , how can you not be- lieve that He suffered for your sake ? " I noticed that his manner seemed genuinely so- licitous when he said , " My poor young man " -but I was beginning to have enough of it . The room was growing ...
... young man , how can you not be- lieve that He suffered for your sake ? " I noticed that his manner seemed genuinely so- licitous when he said , " My poor young man " -but I was beginning to have enough of it . The room was growing ...
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