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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... called on Rieux . The doctor gathered that he had called before , in the morning , and was a journalist by profession . His name was Raymond Rambert . Short , square - shouldered , with a determined - looking face and keen , intelligent ...
... called on Rieux . The doctor gathered that he had called before , in the morning , and was a journalist by profession . His name was Raymond Rambert . Short , square - shouldered , with a determined - looking face and keen , intelligent ...
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... called him " the unfortunate man , " and at one moment used even the expression " his grim resolve . " When discussing the possible motives for the attempted suicide , Grand showed an almost finical anxiety over his choice of words ...
... called him " the unfortunate man , " and at one moment used even the expression " his grim resolve . " When discussing the possible motives for the attempted suicide , Grand showed an almost finical anxiety over his choice of words ...
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... called “ a precedent . " In conversation with Dr. Rieux , Rambert classified the people whom he had approached in various categories . Those who used the arguments mentioned above he called the sticklers . Besides these there were the ...
... called “ a precedent . " In conversation with Dr. Rieux , Rambert classified the people whom he had approached in various categories . Those who used the arguments mentioned above he called the sticklers . Besides these there were 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