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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... doctor entered , the old man was sitting up , bending his neck back , gasping and wheezing in his efforts to recover his breath . His wife brought a bowl of water . " Well , doctor , " he said , while the injection was being made ...
... doctor entered , the old man was sitting up , bending his neck back , gasping and wheezing in his efforts to recover his breath . His wife brought a bowl of water . " Well , doctor , " he said , while the injection was being made ...
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... doctor for a moment , then turned and tramped heavily toward the door . Rieux followed him and was almost at his side when Tarrou , who was staring at the floor , suddenly said : " Who taught you all this , doctor ? ” The reply came ...
... doctor for a moment , then turned and tramped heavily toward the door . Rieux followed him and was almost at his side when Tarrou , who was staring at the floor , suddenly said : " Who taught you all this , doctor ? ” The reply came ...
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... doctor . It's too late - no time ... " His breast heaved painfully , then suddenly he said in a loud , shrill voice : " Burn it ! " The doctor hesitated , but Grand repeated his injunction in so violent a tone and with such agony in his ...
... doctor . It's too late - no time ... " His breast heaved painfully , then suddenly he said in a loud , shrill voice : " Burn it ! " The doctor hesitated , but Grand repeated his injunction in so violent a tone and with such agony in his ...
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