The English publication of the Stranger has a different connotation than the British publication under the name of the Outsider.
Stranger (denotative meaning) - 1.a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance: 2.a new comer in a place or locality: 3.an outsider 4.a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something 5.a person who is not a member of the family,group,community, or the like,as a visitor or guest
The connotative meaning in my opinion is an unknown person who one has never seen or spoken to before, and ordinary person on the street.
I believe that the British publication of the work because and stranger can be anyone but as the reader starts to read the story the main character is more of an outsider than a stranger. Meursault is more strange than he is a stranger. However under the denotative meaning of the stranger there is the word outsider, so they may be synonyms they do not have the same connotative meaning. For example Meursault's mannerisms reveal how he would be considered an outsider. For example he does not express emotion at his mother's funeral and then carries on with his life like nothing happened. Another example is when he has no remorse for killing a man and really no reason for killing him either, which no "normal" person would do.
Stranger (denotative meaning) -
1.a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance:
2.a new comer in a place or locality:
3.an outsider
4.a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something
5.a person who is not a member of the family,group,community, or the like,as a visitor or guest
The connotative meaning in my opinion is an unknown person who one has never seen or spoken to before, and ordinary person on the street.
I believe that the British publication of the work because and stranger can be anyone but as the reader starts to read the story the main character is more of an outsider than a stranger. Meursault is more strange than he is a stranger. However under the denotative meaning of the stranger there is the word outsider, so they may be synonyms they do not have the same connotative meaning. For example Meursault's mannerisms reveal how he would be considered an outsider. For example he does not express emotion at his mother's funeral and then carries on with his life like nothing happened. Another example is when he has no remorse for killing a man and really no reason for killing him either, which no "normal" person would do.