THE STRANGER IN ENGLISH
Episodes
Chapter Five
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
5 For the third time I've refused to see the chaplain. I don't have anything to say to him; I don't feel like talking, and I'll be seeing him soon eno...
Chapter Four
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
4 Even in the prisoner's dock it's always interesting to hear people talk about you. And during the summations by the prosecutor and my lawyer, there ...
Chapter Three
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
3 But I can honestly say that the time from summer to summer went very quickly. And I knew as soon as the weather turned hot that something new was in...
Chapter Two
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2 There are some things I've never liked talking about. A few days after I entered prison, I realized that I wouldn't like talking about this part of ...
Part Two Chapter One
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART TWO 1 Right after my arrest I was questioned several times, but it was just so they could find out who I was, which didn't take long. The first t...
Chapter Six
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I had a hard time waking up on Sunday, and Marie had to call me and shake me. We didn't eat anything, be- cause we wanted to get to the beach early. I...
Chapter Five
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Raymond called me at the office. He told me that a friend of his (he'd spoken to him about me) had invited me to spend the day Sunday at his little be...
Chapter Four
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I worked hard all week. Raymond stopped by and told me he'd sent the letter. I went to the movies twice with Emmanuel, who doesn't always understand w...
Chapter Three
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I worked hard at the office today. The boss was nice. He asked me if I wasn't too tired and he also wanted to know Maman's age. I said, "About sixty,"...
Chapter Two
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As I was waking up, it came to me why my boss had seemed annoyed when I asked him for two days off : today is Saturday. I'd sort of forgotten, but as ...
PART ONE Chapter One
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART ONE 1 Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know. I got a telegram from the home: "Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours." ...
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Stranger demanded of Camus the creation of a style at once literary and profoundly popular, an artistic sleight of hand that would make the comp...