The Stranger | Part 1, Chapter 1: Summary and Analysis

New Characters:
Meursault: the narrator of the story

The Employer: Meursault’s boss

Celeste: owner of Meursault’s favorite restaurant

Doorkeeper: resident and employee of the nursing home

Warden: the director of the nursing home

Old Women: residents of the nursing home

Thomas Perez: Meursault’s mother’s “special friend”

Summary
Meursault, a shipping clerk, lives in Algiers, a city in North Africa. He receives a telegram from a nursing home telling him that his mother has died. Meursault is somewhat...


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