1
The Adulterous Wife
a bored, unhappy French couple go on a business trip through Algeria. the adultery here is metaphorical (with the Algerian environment, I suppose)
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1
1
The Adulterous Wife
a bored, unhappy French couple go on a business trip through Algeria. the adultery here is metaphorical (with the Algerian environment, I suppose)
4 / 1
17
The Renegade
or A Confused Mind
the really weird one with a Christian missionary who has lost his tongue (and, presumably, his mind) and is waiting in the desert with a rifle
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0
17
The Renegade
or A Confused Mind
the really weird one with a Christian missionary who has lost his tongue (and, presumably, his mind) and is waiting in the desert with a rifle
2 / 0
31
The Mute
a strike at a wine bottle factory unites the men against their boss, but it seems like the boss is facing some troubles of his own at home (his daughter is sick) and that causes the protagonist striker to feel sorry for him
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1
31
The Mute
a strike at a wine bottle factory unites the men against their boss, but it seems like the boss is facing some troubles of his own at home (his daughter is sick) and that causes the protagonist striker to feel sorry for him
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43
The Guest
a schoolteacher is given a prisoner whom he is supposed to take to the authorities. he refuses to do so, instead treating him well and setting him free, but the prisoner ends up taking himself to the authorities anyway so lol
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0
43
The Guest
a schoolteacher is given a prisoner whom he is supposed to take to the authorities. he refuses to do so, instead treating him well and setting him free, but the prisoner ends up taking himself to the authorities anyway so lol
0 / 0
56
Jonas
or The Artist at Work
a painter whose star rises stratospherically and then falls just as quickly as it rose
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1
56
Jonas
or The Artist at Work
a painter whose star rises stratospherically and then falls just as quickly as it rose
0 / 1
81
The Growing Stone
a French engineer is in a small (poor) town in Brazil. there is a weird mythical stone that needs to be carried by some guy from the town, and when he fails our protagonist takes over for him and, in the process, finds some version acceptance from the locals
6
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0
81
The Growing Stone
a French engineer is in a small (poor) town in Brazil. there is a weird mythical stone that needs to be carried by some guy from the town, and when he fails our protagonist takes over for him and, in the process, finds some version acceptance from the locals
6 / 0
vii
Introduction
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7
Preface
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0
10
An Absurd Reasoning
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/
0
64
The Absurd Man
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0
86
Absurd Creation
0
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0
107
The Myth of Sisyphus
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0
112
Appendix
Hope and the Absurd in the Work of Franz Kafka
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0
125
Summer in Algiers
0
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0
139
The Minotaur
or The Stop in Oran
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/
0
165
Helen's Exile
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0
173
Return to Tipasa
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0
185
The Artist and His Time
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0
1
Letters to a German Friend
written and published clandestinely during the Occupation of France
1
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8
1
Letters to a German Friend
written and published clandestinely during the Occupation of France
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The Blood of Freedom
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/
0
38
The Night of Truth
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1
41
The Flesh
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/
0
57
Pessimism and Courage
0
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0
61
Defense of Intelligence
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0
67
The Unbeliever and Christians
a speech given at a Monasterary in 1948 about the responsibilities of Christianity (e.g., in the face of tyranny)
2
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1
67
The Unbeliever and Christians
a speech given at a Monasterary in 1948 about the responsibilities of Christianity (e.g., in the face of tyranny)
2 / 1
75
Why Spain?
reply to Gabriel Marcel, who criticised Camus' play State of Siege (about totalitarian tyranny) for being set in Spain and not, say, Eastern Europe. this essay is just Camus explaining all the problems he sees with Spain
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2
75
Why Spain?
reply to Gabriel Marcel, who criticised Camus' play State of Siege (about totalitarian tyranny) for being set in Spain and not, say, Eastern Europe. this essay is just Camus explaining all the problems he sees with Spain
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Bread and Freedom
speech given in 1953. about socialism and totalitarianism
2 / 2
98
Homage to an Exile
a speech delivered in 1955 in honour of Eduardo Santos, former El Tiempo journalist who had been president of Colombia between 1938 to 1942 until he was driven out of the country by the new dictatorship
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2
98
Homage to an Exile
a speech delivered in 1955 in honour of Eduardo Santos, former El Tiempo journalist who had been president of Colombia between 1938 to 1942 until he was driven out of the country by the new dictatorship
0 / 2
111
Preface to Algerian Reports
explaining the context behind the next few sections on the political situation in Algeria. he wanted a compromise between the two sides (the French rulers, and the Algerians who wanted to be free of all French influence, including people like Camus)
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0
111
Preface to Algerian Reports
explaining the context behind the next few sections on the political situation in Algeria. he wanted a compromise between the two sides (the French rulers, and the Algerians who wanted to be free of all French influence, including people like Camus)
0 / 0126
131
143
Algeria 1958
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157
Kadar Had His Day of Fear
about the recent counter-revolution/coup in Hungary, headed by János Kádár, which Camus seems very much against
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2
157
Kadar Had His Day of Fear
about the recent counter-revolution/coup in Hungary, headed by János Kádár, which Camus seems very much against
2 / 2
165
Socialism of the Gallows
about totalitarianism and art and how the two cannot coexist as the latter requires freedom
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3
165
Socialism of the Gallows
about totalitarianism and art and how the two cannot coexist as the latter requires freedom
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173
Reflections on the Guillotine
a great essay arguing against capital punishment, primarily because of the harsh and irreversible distinction it draws between the guilty and the innocent--a distinction that none of us is really qualified to make
2
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5
173
Reflections on the Guillotine
a great essay arguing against capital punishment, primarily because of the harsh and irreversible distinction it draws between the guilty and the innocent--a distinction that none of us is really qualified to make
2 / 5
237
The Wager of Our Generation
1957 interview about art, and inserting a work into its time, and Camus' opposition to the idea of "art for art's sake"
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0
237
The Wager of Our Generation
1957 interview about art, and inserting a work into its time, and Camus' opposition to the idea of "art for art's sake"
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249
Create Dangerously
a beautiful lecture given in 1957 about the (social, political) responsibilities of writers
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3
249
Create Dangerously
a beautiful lecture given in 1957 about the (social, political) responsibilities of writers
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