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The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, "The Plague" is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.
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The plague, Albert Camus
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- 2001
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- Title
- The plague
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Albert Camus
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 237
- ISBN10
- 0713995971
- ISBN13
- 9780713995978
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, France, French Literature, Diseases, Nobel prize, Doctors, Existentialism, Plague, Algeria, Classicism, Epidemic, Allegory, Dangerous Virus
- First published
- 1947
- Original title
- La Peste
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, "The Plague" is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.