An edition of La Peste (1942)

The Plague

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

The Plague

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (28 ratings)
  • 843 Want to read
  • 64 Currently reading
  • 62 Have read

Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran. A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.

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The Modern Library
Language
English, French
Pages
278

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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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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, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: La peste
La peste
1947
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1947, The Modern Library
in English and French

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ2605.A3734 P413 l948, PZ3.C1574 Pl2

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL43258563M
LCCN
61016144
OCLC/WorldCat
343195
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B008B7WZXY

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1230715W
Wikidata
Q320372
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LibraryThing
2147
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First Sentence

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

Work Description

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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