This study guide on the novel "The Stranger" (L’Étranger, Albert Camus), written by a French native, contains around 60 pages (approximately 15,500 words) and over 50 illustrations to help understand the text. The summary of the work is complemented by an in-depth analysis, which goes straight to the point. This book note is designed to help you interpret the novel in a lively way and in a short time. The following chapters are covered: - Biography of Albert Camus and explanation of his work (with the description of his three cycles: Absurd, Revolt, Love); - Presentation and key points of the book (with a discussion of the meaning of the title, and a full list of the main and secondary characters); - Summary of each of the eleven chapters (14 pages with illustrations); - Literary aspects of the work; - Philosophical aspects and other characteristics of the work; - Suggested additional resources related to the book. NB: the novel written by Albert Camus is not included.

A Study Guide for Albert Camus's "The Stranger," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

The Study Guide is a comprehensive aid to reflective reading of this popular novel. Including: 1. An Introduction; 2. Original annotated list of characters; 3. Original sections on setting, genre, themes, etc.; 4. Commentary, explanatory notes and guiding questions for each chapter. 5. Glossary of relevant literary terms; 6. Two graphic organizers (plot structure and character) for making notes. All you need to reach a deeper understand of this book! If you want an even more challenging analysis of this text then a more detailed critical analysis is available in this author's popular Critical Introduction series: The Stranger by Albert Camus: A Critical Introduction (Revised Edition) by Ray Moore

With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, Camus's masterpiece gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. Behind the intrigue, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward.

"A National Book Award-finalist biographer tells the story of how a young man in his 20s who had never written a novel turned out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than 70 years later and is considered a rite of passage for readers around the world, "--NoveList.