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The Outsider
An adaption of Albert Camus’ novel
Medium | French novel

Summary

When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.

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Summary

When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.

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W. Holl, THE RIGHT HON.BLE WILLIAM BARON STOWELL, L.L.D. / Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, Engraving, KU Leuven, Public Domain

Seguin F., Prison Saint Lazare; Entrée de la pistole, 1895,Musee Carnavalet, Publi Domain

William Quiller Orchardson, The First Cloud, 1887,

Wills, James; Philip Yorke (1690-1764), 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Lord Chancellor; National Trust, Erddig; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/philip-yorke-16901764-1st-earl-of-hardwicke-and-lord-chancellor-100023

Van Gogh, Old man in sorrow, 1890, oil on canvas, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Michelangelo, The Damned Soul, 1525, sketch and study – ink on paper, Uffizy gallery, Florence, Italy, Public Domain

Ilya Repin, Refusal of Confession, 1879-1885, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Unknown Artist (Peruvian School), A Priest with an Umbrella, 1840-1850,

Unknown artist, Alfred Potocki, 1854, watercolor , Polona – National Library of Poland, Public Domain

Unknown artist, George Barrington, / As He appeard at the Bar of the Old Bailey, KU Leuven. Public Domain

J. Hill, and Harraden, The Court of Chancery, 1808, published in Microcosm of London(1808), Publi Domain

Henri Somm, A Parisienne on a Crowded Street, Watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, MET museum, Public Domain

Vernon’s Aunt, being the Oriental Experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat, British Library, Public Domain

Ilya Repin, Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky’s duel, watercolor, white lead and India ink on paper, 1899, PUBLIC DOMAIN

A. Brouwer, A drunken brawl in a tavern with men shouting encouragement, Wood engraving, 19th century, CC BY3.0

A. Brouwer, A drunken brawl in a tavern with men shouting encouragement, Wood engraving, 19th century, CC BY3.0

H. Haig, Tom Purdie, Wood Forester at Abbotsford, engraving, CC BY 3.0

Adriaen Brouwer, The back operation, 1636, Public Domain

Jules James Rougeron, Fighting Men, 1878, oil on board, Public Domain

Vincent van Gogh, Road with Cypress and Star, 1890, oili on canvas, Kroller-Muller Mueseum, Public Domain

Simon Glücklich, Paar_im_Gespräch, turn of the 19/20th century, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Boris Kustodiev, Policeman Zhigunov, 1911. Public Domain

Edouard Manet, Chez le père Lathuille, oil on canvas, 1879, Public Domain

PAUL GAVARNI, Two Men Arguing, graphite, NGA, Open Access image.

Swain, A young woman, holding flowers in her hand, talking to two men standing under a tree, Wood engraving, Public Domain

JACQUES VILLON, Collection des Cent N° 23 (Villon), 1905, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Public Domain

GUSTAVE COURBET, Beach in Normandy, c. 1872/1875, oil on canvas, Open Access image

JAN STEEN, The Dancing Couple, 1663, oil on canvas, Widener Collection, Open Access image.

Vallotton, Félix, Le grand enterrement, 1898 Woodcut, The Getty Research Institute, Public Domain.

Claude Monet, From the mouth of the Schelde, 1871, oil on canvas, National Museum Stockholm, Public Domain

Cornelis de Vos (presumably), YOUNG WOMAN ON HER DEATH BED, 1621, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Benett, Léon, He Read His Father’s Letter from The begum’s fortune, Wood engraving, Public Domain

Wernerus Köhne, Notary of Haarlem, with his Clerk Jan Bosch, painting, Rijksmuseum

Fildes, Luke, At the piano, 1899, drawing, Public Domain