The Outsider by Albert Camus (Book Analysis)

This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Outsider by Albert Camus. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including justice, society and the Absurd. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 50-page reading guide is structured as follows:

• Biography of Albert Camus
• Presentation of The Outsider
• Summary of The Outsider
• Character study
  • Meursault
  • Marie Cardona
  • Raymond Sintès
  • The Arabs
• Analysis of The Outsider
  • The role of the Absurd
  • The theme of the sun
  • Social satire
  • Meursault as a symbol of hope
  • A simple writing style

About The Outsider

The Outsider was first published in 1942, and is one of Albert Camus’s most celebrated novels. It tells the story of Meursault, an alienated young man who kills an Arab but refuses to show remorse or apologize for his actions, even when this means that he will be sentenced to death. The novel is scathing in its criticism of social conventions, and remains influential and widely studied over 75 years after it first appeared.

About Albert Camus

Albert Camus was an Algerian-born French writer, dramatist, essayist and philosopher. He is known in particular for his philosophical reflections on the Absurd and for his profound commitment to individual freedom, which he expressed in his writing and which were very influential during his time. He took part in the French Resistance during the Second World War, and continued to write until his premature death in a car accident in 1960, at the age of 46.

Camus was one of the major writers of the 20^th century, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. Many of his works are now considered modern classics, in particular his novels The Plague and The Outsider.