Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky · 19th Century · Novella, philosophy
Modern · Novel
The Stranger
by Albert Camus. An emotionally detached clerk commits a killing and confronts society’s demand for conventional meaning and remorse.
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- Date
- 1942
- Origin
- France / Algeria
- Era
- Modern
- Genre
- Novel
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
An emotionally detached clerk commits a killing and confronts society’s demand for conventional meaning and remorse.
This work is included on the basis of great books / bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.