Twenty years ago, Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murder of his parents. Now as the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days dealing with politics in Parliament, but at night, disguised as the Ghost of St. Giles, wanders the dark alleys in sea
CONVICTED MAN Apollo Greaves, Viscount Kilbourne, unjustly accused of murder and rendered mute after being beaten almost to death, escaped from the notorious Bedlam.
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"The Stranger" (1942) by Albert Camus, a classic work of existentialism, follows the life of Meursault, an emotionally indifferent Algerian of French descent, whose apathetic attitude towards the world leads to tragic consequences.