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Die Pest

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

Die Pest

Roman

754.-778. Tausend Mai 1976

by

  • 4.2 (39 ratings)
  • 909 Want to read
  • 66 Currently reading
  • 77 Have read
  • 2 Stopped reading

The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace.

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Rowohlt
Language
German
Pages
181

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Subjects

Fiction Plague Plague in literature Epidemics Peste bubónica FICTION / Classics FICTION / Psychological FICTION / Literary Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) Medicine in Literature French fiction Psychological Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 12 Fiction, medical France, fiction Drama (dramatic works by one author) Romance literature Fiction, psychological Fiction, classics Determination (Personality trait) Peste Romans, nouvelles Romance Frances Novela Disease Outbreaks Fictional Works Psychology Psychological fiction Catholic Church Clergy

Places

Oran (Algeria) Algeria France

Times

1940s

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Cover of: Die Pest
Die Pest: Roman
1976-05, Rowohlt
Taschenbuch in German - 754.-778. Tausend Mai 1976
Cover of: La peste
La peste: extraits
1971, Librairie Larousse
in French
Cover of: La peste
La peste: extraits
1971, Librairie Larousse
in French
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1968
in English
Cover of: LA PESTE
LA PESTE
1965, METHUEN AND CO., LTD.
in French
Cover of: la peste
la peste
1964, methuen and co ltd
in English
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1964, Penguin Modern Classics
in English
Cover of: the plague
the plague
1960, peguin books
in English
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1948, Modern Library
in English
Cover of: La peste
La peste
1947, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: La peste
La peste
1947

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Edition Notes

Series
rororo 15
Copyright Date
1947; 1958
Translation Of
La Peste
Translated From
French

Contributors

Translator
Guido G. Meister

The Physical Object

Format
Taschenbuch
Number of pages
181

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32581371M
ISBN 10
3499100150
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c738ca30-fb8a-44ed-8ed3-ee539d86fdf2

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1230715W
Wikidata
Q320372
BookBrainz
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LibraryThing
2147
MusicBrainz
6ae5634e-8e31-4d0d-bd8b-b699434291bb

First Sentence

"The unusual events described in this chronicle occurred in 194-at Oran."

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