Twentieth-Century Classics, a new hardback series from Penguin Classics: the era's greatest books with cover artwork from its most celebrated photographers, bound in signature eau-de-nil cloth.
In The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. 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.
Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurd, and revolting against the injustice of society, depicts the paradox of man's joy in life when faced with the 'tender indifference' of the world.
Sandra Smith's translation, based on close listening to a recording of Camus reading his work aloud on French radio in 1954, sensitively renders the subtleties and dream-like atmosphere of L'Étranger.
Cover photograph by Rankin
| ISBN: | 9780241862650 |
| Publication date: | 5th November 2026 |
| Author: | Albert Camus |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Phenomenology and Existentialism Metaphysical / philosophical fiction Narrative theme: Interior life Fiction in translation |
Twentieth-Century Classics, a new hardback series from Penguin Classics: the era's greatest books with cover artwork from its most celebrated photographers, bound in signature eau-de-nil cloth.In The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie.
The Outsider features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Fiction in translation
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The Outsider was written by Albert Camus and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Outsider has 128 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics series
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