The Outsider

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Albert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth century. Today, more than fifty years after its first appearance, we can see that this early success was no passing fashion: The Outsider continues to speak to us of ultimate things with the force of a parable and the excitement of a thriller and remains one of the most widely read and influential classics of the century.

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Photo of Tracey Touchdown
Tracey TouchdownOct 20, 2026
2 stars
Erratic
Obnoxious
Long winded
Pretentious
Shallow
Photo of madeleine
madeleineOct 14, 2026
2.5 stars
Complex
Dizzying
Pretentious

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