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 42
... anyhow an indication of it . He could certainly have brought to of- ficial notice , if not his rights — of which he wasn't sure — at least the promises given him . But , for one thing , the depart- mental head who had made them had been ...
... anyhow an indication of it . He could certainly have brought to of- ficial notice , if not his rights — of which he wasn't sure — at least the promises given him . But , for one thing , the depart- mental head who had made them had been ...
Page 105
... anyhow they were no longer about . That day the little old man went on to his balcony at the usual hour , showed some surprise , and , leaning on the rail , closely scanned the corners of the street . Then he settled down to wait ...
... anyhow they were no longer about . That day the little old man went on to his balcony at the usual hour , showed some surprise , and , leaning on the rail , closely scanned the corners of the street . Then he settled down to wait ...
Page 227
... anyhow , had had plague through all those long years in which , paradoxically enough , I'd believed with all my soul that I was fighting it . I learned that I had had an indirect hand in the deaths of thousands of people ; that I'd even ...
... anyhow , had had plague through all those long years in which , paradoxically enough , I'd believed with all my soul that I was fighting it . I learned that I had had an indirect hand in the deaths of thousands of people ; that I'd even ...
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