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Tammy Grimm
May 04, 2019 rated it really liked it
What a philosophical and human novel. This is not a novel you put down and don't forget as you move to the next book.

The book is rather short and very simply written in first person. But don't let the simple writing fool you- because the book is truly a complex examination of existentialism and what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."

One of the most profound question Camus examines is "what makes us human?" During the trial of the protagonist, people view him as guilty becaus
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TheAccidental  Reader
I have no idea how to rate something like this, so I go with my standard 3 Star Rating. I read it because it's a classic, and because it was available entirely on www.lingq.com, which provides not only the entire text in French, but also the facility to look up each word you don't know. At that point, you can create a LingQ, adding the word to your vocab list, and making that word available to you with the touch of a mouse, so that the next time you encounter the word, you can click to refresh y ...more
Jen
Jun 09, 2021 rated it it was amazing
So much packed in this little book.
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Kai Coates
Apr 28, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Apr 29, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Rora
Oct 31, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Tatiana
Jul 25, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Leslie
Oct 31, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Joseph
Mar 20, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 29, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Aug 14, 2018 rated it really liked it
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Mar 17, 2019 marked it as to-read
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