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 30
... asked me for a red chalk . That rather surprised me , but after all- Of course I couldn't guess the he'd put it to . " use Rieux asked what was the subject of their second conver- sation . But just then the inspector came , accompanied ...
... asked me for a red chalk . That rather surprised me , but after all- Of course I couldn't guess the he'd put it to . " use Rieux asked what was the subject of their second conver- sation . But just then the inspector came , accompanied ...
Page 131
... asked what the business in question might be . " Why , smuggling , of course . They get the stuff in past the sentries at the gates . There's plenty money in it . " " I see . " Rambert paused for a moment , then asked : “ And , I take ...
... asked what the business in question might be . " Why , smuggling , of course . They get the stuff in past the sentries at the gates . There's plenty money in it . " " I see . " Rambert paused for a moment , then asked : “ And , I take ...
Page 234
... asked for what might be most beneficial . Thus they were always clamoring for something to drink and insisted on being kept as warm as possible . And though the demands on him were as exhausting as before , Rieux no longer had the ...
... asked for what might be most beneficial . Thus they were always clamoring for something to drink and insisted on being kept as warm as possible . And though the demands on him were as exhausting as before , Rieux no longer had the ...
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anyhow asthma Black Death Bois de Boulogne breath café camp Castel concierge Cottard crowd CRUZ The University dark death disease doctor door epidemic exile eyes face Father Paneloux feeling fellow citizens felt fever followed gates gave gazed Gonzales Grand hand heard heart hope horse hoofs hospital hour idea journalist knew Library UNIVERSITY light living looked magistrate mind Mme Rieux Montélimar morning mother narrator never night once Oran Othon patient pestilence plague pneumonic plague police Prefect quarantine quicklime railway directory Rambert realized Rieux asked Rieux replied round sanitary seemed sentries serum silence smile sort sound street streetcars suffering talking Tarrou asked tell there's thing thought tion told took town townsfolk turned University Library UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA voice waiting walked week wife window words