Editing The Stranger (Camus novel) (section)

=== Original French publication ===
On 27 May 1941, Camus was informed about the changes suggested by [[André Malraux]] after he had read the manuscript and took his remarks into account.<ref>Camus, Albert, Malraux, André, ''Albert Camus, André Malraux, Correspondance 1941–1959'', Paris, Gallimard, 2016, 152 p. ({{ISBN|978-2-07-014690-1}}), p.42</ref> For instance, Malraux thought the minimalist syntactic structure was too repetitive. Some scenes and passages (the murder, the conversation with the chaplain) should also be revised.
The manuscript was then read by editors [[Jean Paulhan]] and [[Raymond Queneau]]. [[Gerhard Heller (editor)|Gerhard Heller]], a German editor, translator and lieutenant in the [[Wehrmacht]] working for the Censorship Bureau offered to help.

The original French-language novel was published in Paris on 19 May 1942 by [[Éditions Gallimard|Gallimard]] as ''L'Étranger''. The book started appearing in bookstores in June 1942, at a price of 25 francs. Only 4,400 copies of it were printed. As a marketing ploy, the title pages and rear wrappers were inscribed to give the false impression that there were eight different editions. At the time, Camus was suffering from a recurring bout of tuberculosis in [[Oran]] and could not travel to France and therefore could not keep with the French publishing tradition of presenting copies of his new book to journalists. He was also unable to read the first reviews published in newspapers or witness the distribution in bookstores. Upon publication, twenty copies were sent to him, but they never arrived and it was not until 17 June that Camus finally received a single copy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manhattanrarebooks.com/pages/books/2047/albert-camus/l-etranger-the-stranger?soldItem=true|title=L'Étranger The Stranger {{!}} ALBERT CAMUS {{!}} First edition|website=Manhattan Rare Book Company|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Todd | first=Olivier |translator-last=Ivry |translator-first=Benjamin | title=Albert Camus: A Life | publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-307-80476-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrvLNBjEuXgC&pg=PT256 | access-date=2 March 2024 | page=256}}</ref> Camus was further diagnosed with tuberculosis in both lungs in July 1942 and left Algeria for Panelier, a village near [[Le Chambon-sur-Lignon]] in the mountains of south-central France.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Henry|first=Patrick|date=22 June 2020|title=Albert Camus and the Secret of Le Chambon|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/albert-camus-le-chambon|magazine=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]]|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>