An edition of L’étranger (1942)

L'etranger

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L'etranger
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An edition of L’étranger (1942)

L'etranger

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A 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. In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus was exploring what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."

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Appleton-Century-Crofts
Language
French
Pages
182

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Philosophical Novels Murder Fiction Medicine in Literature French Novelas francesas Asesinato Ficción Relatos de aventuras Critique et interprétation Social conditions Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. L'étranger Criticism and interpretation French language materials Algeria, fiction Fiction, general Homicide Adventure stories Action and adventure fiction Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) Trials (Murder) Young men History Fictional Works Publication Type Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Literary Translations into English Psychological Fictional Works [Publication Type] Fictional Works Classics French fiction Fiction, psychological Large type books Argelia Novela Relatos de aventura Social Marginality Romance literature Death Happiness Life French language Murder in fiction Algeria in fiction Angestellter Mord Todesstrafe Étranger (Camus, Albert) Comics & graphic novels, literary Novela francesa Français Romans, nouvelles England, fiction French Philosophy Murder--fiction World literature Fiction subjects Peoples & cultures - fiction Translations into Persian

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Albert Camus (1913-1960) Meursault Raymond Sintès Marie Cardona Salamano

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Algeria North Africa New Mexico (United States 1881)

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20th century 1830-1962

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Cover of: L’étranger
L’étranger
07-01-1972, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: The Outsider
The Outsider
1971, Peguin Books
in English
Cover of: The Outsider
The Outsider
1971, penguin books
in English
Cover of: The Stranger
The Stranger
1959, Vintage International
in English
Cover of: L’étranger
L’étranger
1957, Gallimard Folio
in French
Cover of: L'étranger
L'étranger
1955, Appleton-Century-Crofts
in French
Cover of: L'etranger
L'etranger
1955, Appleton-Century-Crofts
in French
Cover of: The Stranger
The Stranger
1946, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The Stranger
The Stranger
1946, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
in English
Cover of: L’étranger
L’étranger
1942, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: The stranger
The stranger
1942
in English

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Library of Congress
PQ2605.A3734 E8 1955

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Pagination
viii, 182 p. ;
Number of pages
182

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22810436M
LCCN
55009484
OCLC/WorldCat
43909890, 971516
LibraryThing
2150

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Work ID
OL1230613W
Wikidata
Q163297
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e5184a67-3cf7-4856-9081-fd303b9a2f05
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2150

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Work Description

L'Étranger est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera « cycle de l’absurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienne : l’absurde. Le roman a été traduit en soixante-huit langues.

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