VINTAGE BOOKS are published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Random House, Inc. Copyright 1942 by Librairie Gallimard as L'Étranger Copyright 1946 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York. Distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf. Inc., in 1946. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 The stranger. I. Gilbert, Stuart, tr. II. Title. [PZ3.C1574St7] [PQ2605.A3734] 843′.9′14 72-8033 ISBN 0-394-70002-3 Manufactured in the United States of America Vintage Books Edition, September 1954 -iv- |