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 54
... knew lots of people in other parts of the town . " Do you know Monsieur Rigaud , the architect ? He's a friend of mine . " The room was in almost complete darkness . Outside , the street was growing noiser and a sort of murmur of relief ...
... knew lots of people in other parts of the town . " Do you know Monsieur Rigaud , the architect ? He's a friend of mine . " The room was in almost complete darkness . Outside , the street was growing noiser and a sort of murmur of relief ...
Page 56
... knew that in this suburb alone eight or ten unhappy people , cowering over their buboes , would be awaiting his visit next morning . In only two or three cases had incision of the buboes caused any improve- ment . For most of them it ...
... knew that in this suburb alone eight or ten unhappy people , cowering over their buboes , would be awaiting his visit next morning . In only two or three cases had incision of the buboes caused any improve- ment . For most of them it ...
Page 162
... knew that desperate solutions had been mooted , such as throwing the corpses into the sea , and a picture had risen before him of hideous jetsam lolling in the shallows under the cliffs . He knew , too , that if there was another rise ...
... knew that desperate solutions had been mooted , such as throwing the corpses into the sea , and a picture had risen before him of hideous jetsam lolling in the shallows under the cliffs . He knew , too , that if there was another rise ...
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