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		<title>The Stranger Explained by Top Albert Camus Scholars</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if Meursault has been misunderstood for more than eighty years?&#160;Introduction&#160;by Albert Camus&#160;Good evening.&#160;When I wrote The Stranger, I did not expect readers to spend more than eighty years arguing over one quiet man.&#160;I certainly did not expect philosophers, historians, literary critics, psychologists, lawyers, and ordinary readers to keep discovering new questions in a novel [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Albert Camus&#8217;s The Stranger Explained Through Its Characters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if remaining neutral could still make you responsible for another person's suffering?&#160;Introduction&#160;by Albert Camus&#160;When I wrote The Stranger, I did not intend to create a hero.&#160;Nor did I intend to create a villain.&#160;I wanted to place one ordinary man before a series of ordinary decisions and ask whether honesty alone is enough to guide [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Les Misérables: Afterlife Reflections on Love and Peace</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, we're diving into an extraordinary imaginary conversation that takes place in the afterlife—a place where three of the most beloved and complex characters from Les Misérables finally come together to reflect on their lives, their struggles, and, most importantly, the love that bound them across time and space.&#160;Imagine Jean Valjean, Fantine, and Cosette—three souls [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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