An edition of La Peste (1942)

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

Plague

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (29 ratings)
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  • 63 Have read

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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Penguin Books, Limited
Language
English

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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

Places

Oran (Algeria) Algeria France

Times

1940s

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Plague
Plague
2020, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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: The Plague
The Plague
1964, Penguin Modern Classics
in English
Cover of: la peste
la peste
1964, methuen and co ltd
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
Cover of: La peste
La peste
1947, Gallimard
in French

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Book Details

The Physical Object

Pagination
304

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL40309436M
ISBN 13
9780241991329

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1230715W
Wikidata
Q320372
BookBrainz
5310f7c2-4174-48ba-9eb7-a4a377e3eca9
LibraryThing
2147
MusicBrainz
6ae5634e-8e31-4d0d-bd8b-b699434291bb

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First Sentence

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

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