The Stranger is Albert Camus’s first novel, published in 1942. It follows the life of Meursault, a French Algerian whose apathetic responses to life get him in trouble socially and eventually get him killed. The novel is concerned with the absurd and also touches on the French colonization of Algeria.
The Stranger is a novel by Albert Camus that was first published in 1942. Read a Plot Overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. See a complete list of the characters in The Stranger and in-depth analyses of Meursault, Raymond Sintes, and Marie Cardona. Here's where you'll find analysis about the book as a whole.