THE STRANGER
THE
Stranger
By ALBERT CAMUS
Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert
VINTAGE BOOKS A Division of Random House
NEW YORK
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VINTAGE BOOKS are published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Random House, Inc. Copyright 1942 by Librairie Gallimard as L’ÉTRANGER Copyright 1946 by ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of America. Distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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Contents
Contents ........................................................................................................................ 3 Part One ........................................................................................................................ 4 I.................................................................................................................................. 4 II .............................................................................................................................. 14 III ............................................................................................................................. 18 IV............................................................................................................................. 24 V .............................................................................................................................. 28 VI............................................................................................................................. 32 Part Two...................................................................................................................... 40