The PlagueChaos 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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Page 196
... Paneloux put out an arm to check him when he was about to pass him in the doorway . " Come , doctor , " he began . Rieux swung round on him fiercely . " Ah ! That child , anyhow , was innocent , and you know it as well as I do ! " He ...
... Paneloux put out an arm to check him when he was about to pass him in the doorway . " Come , doctor , " he began . Rieux swung round on him fiercely . " Ah ! That child , anyhow , was innocent , and you know it as well as I do ! " He ...
Page 197
... Paneloux sat down beside Rieux . It was obvious that he was deeply moved . " Yes , yes , " he said , " you , too , are working for man's sal- vation . " Rieux tried to smile . " Salvation's much too big a word for me . I don't aim so ...
... Paneloux sat down beside Rieux . It was obvious that he was deeply moved . " Yes , yes , " he said , " you , too , are working for man's sal- vation . " Rieux tried to smile . " Salvation's much too big a word for me . I don't aim so ...
Page 210
... Paneloux was right , but it was probably too late . The Father welcomed him with the same air of complete indifference . Rieux examined him and was surprised to find none of the characteristic symptoms of bubonic or pneumonic plague ...
... Paneloux was right , but it was probably too late . The Father welcomed him with the same air of complete indifference . Rieux examined him and was surprised to find none of the characteristic symptoms of bubonic or pneumonic plague ...
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