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Why “The Stranger” Shocked Moral Thinkers Camus and the Birth of Absurdism Albert Camus’s The Stranger, published in 1942, introduced readers to a radically different perspective on life, morality, and death. Meursault, the protagonist, lives with emotional detachment and refuses to conform to societal expectations of grief, repentance, or morality. …

What No One Tells You Before Reading “The Stranger” Albert Camus’s The Stranger is often described as short, simple, and philosophical. Many readers expect an easy classic. What they are not prepared for is how emotionally unsettling and quietly disturbing the novel can be. This is not a story designed …