The Adulterous Woman

This article is about the short story by Albert Camus. For the Biblical passage, see Jesus and the woman taken in adultery.
"The Adulterous Woman"
Short story by Albert Camus
Original titleLa femme adultère
LanguageFrench
Publication
Published inExile and the Kingdom
Publication date1957

"The Adulterous Woman" (French: La femme adultère) is a short story by Albert Camus. It is the first short story in his collection Exile and the Kingdom, published in 1957.

The story was written in 1952 and first published in 1954. Although the story's date is not given in the text, references to the war suggest it is set in the early 1940s.

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