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 104
... epidemic . Hitherto all of us welcomed summer in with pleasant anticipation . The town was open to the sea and its young folk made free of the beaches . But this summer , for all its nearness , the sea was out of bounds ; young limbs ...
... epidemic . Hitherto all of us welcomed summer in with pleasant anticipation . The town was open to the sea and its young folk made free of the beaches . But this summer , for all its nearness , the sea was out of bounds ; young limbs ...
Page 106
... epidemic showed no sign of abating , they moved out to stay with friends . And the same cause that had led to all the rooms ' be- ing occupied now kept them empty , since there were no newcomers to the town . Tarrou was one of the very ...
... epidemic showed no sign of abating , they moved out to stay with friends . And the same cause that had led to all the rooms ' be- ing occupied now kept them empty , since there were no newcomers to the town . Tarrou was one of the very ...
Page 242
... epidemic seemed to lose its virulence , and in each of three consecutive weeks a big drop in the death - roll was announced . Thus over a relatively brief period the disease lost practically all the gains piled up over many months . Its ...
... epidemic seemed to lose its virulence , and in each of three consecutive weeks a big drop in the death - roll was announced . Thus over a relatively brief period the disease lost practically all the gains piled up over many months . Its ...
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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