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 (29 ratings)
  • 860 Want to read
  • 64 Currently reading
  • 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 Canada, Limited
Pages
256

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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: 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, Penguin Books Canada, Limited
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 Identifiers

Open Library
OL7345802M
ISBN 10
0140014721
ISBN 13
9780140014723
LibraryThing
2147
Goodreads
526902

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1230715W
Wikidata
Q320372
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LibraryThing
2147
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"The unusual events described in this chronicle occurred in 194-at Oran."

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