An edition of La Peste (1942)

La peste

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

La peste

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (26 ratings)
  • 813 Want to read
  • 63 Currently reading
  • 60 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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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

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OL58639803M

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OL1230715W
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Q320372
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"The unusual events described in this chronicle occurred in 194-at Oran."

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