An edition of L’étranger (1942)

The outsider.

Translated by Stuart Gilbert. With an introd. by Cyril Connolly.

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An edition of L’étranger (1942)

The outsider.

Translated by Stuart Gilbert. With an introd. by Cyril Connolly.

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (119 ratings)
  • 2,534 Want to read
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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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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

Places

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.: Translated by Stuart Gilbert. With an introd. by Cyril Connolly.
1971, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The Outsider
The Outsider
1971, penguin books
in English
Cover of: The Outsider
The Outsider
1971, Peguin 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: The Stranger
The Stranger
1946, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
in English
Cover of: The Stranger
The Stranger
1946, Vintage Books
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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Translation of l'étranger. Reprint of the 1946 ed.

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Penguin modern classics

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119 p. ;
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119

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OL21493100M

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OL1230613W
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