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 146
... idea of being pulled in for that , of being torn from my home and habits and everyone I know . " " And is that the reason , " Tarrou asked , " why you had the bright idea of hanging yourself ? " " Yes . It was a damn - fool thing to do ...
... idea of being pulled in for that , of being torn from my home and habits and everyone I know . " " And is that the reason , " Tarrou asked , " why you had the bright idea of hanging yourself ? " " Yes . It was a damn - fool thing to do ...
Page 149
... idea ; one can see that right away . Well , personally , I've seen enough of people who die for an idea . I don't believe in heroism ; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous . What interests me is living and dying for ...
... idea ; one can see that right away . Well , personally , I've seen enough of people who die for an idea . I don't believe in heroism ; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous . What interests me is living and dying for ...
Page 222
... idea of my in- nocence ; that is to say , with no idea at all . I'm not the self- tormenting kind of person , and I made a suitable start in life . I brought off everything I set my hand to , I moved at ease in the field of the ...
... idea of my in- nocence ; that is to say , with no idea at all . I'm not the self- tormenting kind of person , and I made a suitable start in life . I brought off everything I set my hand to , I moved at ease in the field of 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