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 156
... body was compelled , to give heed to them . In any case it should not be assumed that he has a morbid taste for such ceremonies ; quite the contrary , he much prefers the society of the living and - to give a concrete illustration - sea ...
... body was compelled , to give heed to them . In any case it should not be assumed that he has a morbid taste for such ceremonies ; quite the contrary , he much prefers the society of the living and - to give a concrete illustration - sea ...
Page 176
... body to body , sex to sex ? Cottard has been through all that obviously - with one ex- ception ; we may rule out women in his case . With that mug of his ! And I should say that when tempted to visit a brothel he refrains ; it might ...
... body to body , sex to sex ? Cottard has been through all that obviously - with one ex- ception ; we may rule out women in his case . With that mug of his ! And I should say that when tempted to visit a brothel he refrains ; it might ...
Page 211
... body . At last , at night- fall , Father Paneloux brought up the clot of matter that was choking him ; it was red . Even at the height of his fever Paneloux's eyes kept their blank serenity , and when , next morning , he was found dead ...
... body . At last , at night- fall , Father Paneloux brought up the clot of matter that was choking him ; it was red . Even at the height of his fever Paneloux's eyes kept their blank serenity , and when , next morning , he was found dead ...
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