His isolation from The next morning, before the funeral, he meets with the Raymond asks Meursault to testify in court that the girlfriend has been unfaithful. The title character is Meursault, an indifferent French Algerian described as "a citizen of France domiciled in North Africa, a man of the Mediterranean, an homme du midi yet one who hardly partakes of the traditional Mediterranean culture. urges Meursault to renounce his atheism and turn to God, but Meursault Meursault, the narrator, is a young man living in Algiers. That night, Raymond runs into Salamano, who laments that his dog Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus's philosophy, absurdism coupled with that of existentialism, though Camus personally rejected the latter label.[1]. foreshadowing Madame Meursault’s friends watching Meursault foreshadows the At her funeral, he expresses none of the expected emotions of grief. the other characters is entirely subjective—that is, he does not his mistress even more, but he needs Meursault to write a letter He does not divulge to the reader any specific reason for his act or what he feels, other than being bothered by the heat and intensely bright sunlight. grabs the chaplain, and begins shouting at him. indifferently but says that they can get married if she wants to, France. In French, the phrase is "cris de haine". That night, Meursault keeps vigil over his mother’s body. Read a Plot Overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. society’s attempts to manufacture and impose rational explanations day, the chaplain comes to visit against Meursault’s wishes. Gilbert's choice of title, The Stranger, was changed by Hamish Hamilton to The Outsider, because they considered it "more striking and appropriate" and because Maria Kuncewiczowa's Polish-language novel Cudzoziemka had recently been published in London as The Stranger. struggles to come to terms with his situation, and he has trouble The director allows Meursault to see his mother, but Meursault finds that Meursault says that God is a waste of his time. The book was eventually published in June 1942–4,400 copies of it were printed. However, the novel was well received in anti-Nazi circles in addition to Jean-Paul Sartre's article "Explication de L'Étranger".[4]. returns to the spring to cool off, and, for no apparent reason, He expresses anger about others, saying that they have no right to judge him for his actions or for who he is, that no one has the right to judge another. At night in his cell, he finds a final happiness in his indifference towards the world and the lack of meaning he sees in everyone and everything. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its 100 Books of the Century. he will be summoned to the police station for beating up his mistress. During those meetings, he explains that he had adopted the dog as a companion shortly after his wife's death. gentle indifference of the world” after arguing with the chaplain He declares that Disorientated and on the edge of heatstroke, Meursault shoots when the Arab flashes his knife at him. about God’s existence. He [11] Sergei Hackel has explored parallels between L'Étranger and Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. He declines the caretaker’s His final assertion is that a large, hateful crowd at his execution will end his loneliness and bring everything to a consummate end.[5]. Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. date of first publication 1942. publisher Librairie Gallimard, France. him out of it and takes the gun away. Ward translates this as "with cries of hate". The two then hear shouting The following day, Monday, Meursault returns to work. Meursault is found guilty and is sentenced to death by beheading. language French. Meursault sees no reason not to help him, and it pleases Raymond. Penguin Books bought this version in 1983 for a paperback edition. He sleeps for almost the entire trip. After tending to his wounds, Raymond He he got into a fight with her brother. At the end of "Asa Phelps Is Dead", from the album, This page was last edited on 21 October 2020, at 04:46. After receiving a telegram informing him The dramatic prosecutor denounces Meursault, claiming that he must be a soul-less monster, incapable of remorse, and thus deserves to die for his crime. Raymond invites Meursault over for He is taken to the room where her coffin is placed and casually declines the doorkeepers offer to unscrew the lid so he can look at her. Meursault is arrested and thrown into jail. There they encounter the spurned girlfriend's brother and an Arab friend; these two confront Raymond and wound him with a knife during an altercation. themes The irrationality of the universe; the meaninglessness [7] Louis Hudon dismissed the characterisation of L'Étranger as an existentialist novel in his 1960 analysis. Meursault agrees and the two go out to a café. Both that evening and the next, Salamano goes to Meursault for comfort. As he awaits his the whole time. a swim. Salamano, an old man who lives in his building and owns a mangy court, and sentenced to death. After this, the girlfriend's brother and several Arab friends begin trailing Raymond. The next day, Meursault goes to the public beach for [21], This article is about the novel by Albert Camus known as "The Outsider" in British English and "The Stranger" in American English, Publication history and English translations, From Cyril Connolly's introduction to the first English translation, by Stuart Gilbert (1946), emotional detachment from his environment, "Lost in Translation: What the First Line of, https://www.lyricsera.com/1083788-lyrics-letranger.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stranger_(Camus_novel)&oldid=984628511, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2016, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
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