Albert Camus: L'Étranger [Unknown Binding]

Germaine Brée (Editor), Carlos Lynes Jr. (Editor)

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• Unknown Binding: 182 pages
• Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.; First Edition edition
• Language: English, French
• ASIN: B000NVTL10
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars French language classroom edition, November 20, 2010

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This review is from: Albert Camus: L'Étranger

This mid-1950s Prentice-Hall edition, designed for advanced high school or intermediate college students, omits several passages:

"The only change we have made in the text is the omission of four phrases, of about one line each, which might prove embarrassing in classroom reading."

On the plus side, it includes a three-paragraph Preface (in French) by Camus, a sixteen-page Introduction (in English) by the editors*, and a long (forty-three page!) vocabulaire (Glossary).

Comfortable readers of French would do best to stick with the original, or, for English, the Stuart Gilbert translation.

* Both editors, leading French literature professors of their day, passed away recently. (obits in Comments section below)

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1.0 out of 5 stars False advertising, July 6, 2010

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