The Stranger Summary
Albert Camus

The Stranger by Albert Camus Albert Camus (1913-60) was born and raised in French colonial Algeria. After publishing two books of essays on Algeria, Betwixt and Between (1937) and Nuptials (1938), ... Read more

The French novelist, essayist, and playwright Albert Camus (1913-1960) was obsessed with the philosophical problems of the meaning of life and of man's search for values in a world without God. His wo... Read more

Albert Camus is one of the best-known twentieth-century French authors. Born and raised in North Africa, after the beginning of World War II he moved to Paris where he intended to pursue his career as... Read more

Critical Essay by Philip Thody It was not until 1961, almost nineteen years after its first publication, that any critic suggested in print that Camus's L'Etranger could be read as a &#x... Read more

In the following essay, Brock provides an overview of critical interpretation of The Stranger. According to Brock, scholarly debate centered upon psychoanalytical speculation obscures the novel'... Read more

In the essay "Camus' The Outsider," Jean-Paul Sartre explains that Camus' book is more of an 'experience of the absurd' for readers than a 'novel' because it uses literary approaches to identify and ... Read more

Within every relationship a person experiences, one always walks away with a little growth and knowledge in the end. People come out of every relationship they undergo with a new attitude and viewpoi... Read more

Meursault is a man who is on his own in the world, separate from all others. Though he has various interactions with people in his town, he never truly feels a part of their lives. Some characters, ... Read more

Society has always been known to judge people based on their age, sex, appearance, and social status. Yet in The Stranger, Meursault was judged on something completely different, his unique personalit... Read more

The Absurd man is not only a person without a drive but also a person who is content with anything. Meursault in the novel The Stranger is the perfict example of an absurd man. Opposed to the views ... Read more

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better." In "The Stranger," Meursault lives a life free from society's constraints. Throughout the novel, Meursault is either unaware or indifferent to the cus... Read more

Great works of fiction are often used to convey an author's message and personal beliefs to his audience. True literary masterpieces contain themes, philosophies, and lessons that carry as much releva... Read more

"The Stranger," by Albert Camus takes place in Algiers right before World War II. The novel begins with Meursalt receiving a telegram stating, "[m]other deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours"... Read more

The Stranger by Albert Camus deals with a character that readers are not accustomed to, which in this case is Meursault. If his thoughts were similar to everyone else's, the philosophy in The Stranger... Read more

The Minimalist Life has been defined as the property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, repr... Read more

In `The Outsider', Albert Camus creates Meursault, a character who is true to himself, to such an extent that in an ironic twist, he is condemned for his own honesty. The entire text is written in t... Read more

Albert Camus presents a story line that my seem simple at first, but when more closely examined a myriad of concepts come to the surface. Camus was a French writer who wrote The Plague in 1947 and wro... Read more

An outsider judges another's personality by analyzing his surroundings. Likewise, a literary author exposes deep insights and some characteristics of the narrator through the scenery. Within Isabel ... Read more

Has there ever existed a person that has not judged someone else over their lifetime? Judging by reality as well as literature it seems that no person like that has ever existed. It appears that it... Read more

The Stranger Book Notes is a free study guide on The Stranger by Albert Camus. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary   Charact... Read more