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The Stranger. Albert Camus, Matthew Ward (Translator) 4.02. 1,126,821 ratings52,519 reviews. Published in 1942 by French author Albert Camus, The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list.
The Stranger (French: L'Étranger [letʁɑ̃ʒe], lit. 'The Foreigner' ), also published in English as The Outsider, is a 1942 novella written by French author Albert Camus. The first of Camus's novels published in his lifetime, the story follows Meursault, an indifferent settler in French Algeria, who, weeks after his mother's funeral, kills ...
May 13, 2024 · The Stranger, enigmatic first novel by Albert Camus, published in French as L’Étranger in 1942. It was published as The Outsider in England and as The Stranger in the United States.
Albert Camus THE STRANGER was in place, but the screws had been given only a few turns and their nickeled heads stuck out above the wood, which was stained dark walnut. An Arab woman—a nurse, I supposed—was sitting beside the bier; she was wearing a blue smock and had a rather gaudy scarf wound round her hair.
Mar 13, 1989 · With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach.
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Read the full book summary, an in-depth character analysis of Meursault, and explanations of important quotes from The Stranger. Or, learn more by studying SparkNotes guides to other works by Albert Camus.
With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an...
With the excitement of a perfectly executed thriller and the force of a parable, The Stranger is the ultimate masterpiece from Nobel Prize Winner Albert Camus—one of the most engaged and intellectually alert writers of the past century.
Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's extraordinary first novel, The Stranger (L'Etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this...
Mar 20, 2013 · An existentialist classic about a young man in prison that has little else to do but think of the meaning of life (or lack thereof), and his past crimes....
