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 62
... leave the town came into force the Prefect's office was besieged by a crowd of ap- plicants advancing pleas of equal cogency but equally im- possible to take into consideration . Indeed , it needed several days for us to realize that we ...
... leave the town came into force the Prefect's office was besieged by a crowd of ap- plicants advancing pleas of equal cogency but equally im- possible to take into consideration . Indeed , it needed several days for us to realize that we ...
Page 63
... leave our town - inquiries began to be made whether the return of people who had gone away before the outbreak would be permitted . After some days ' consideration of the matter the authorities re- plied affirmatively . They pointed out ...
... leave our town - inquiries began to be made whether the return of people who had gone away before the outbreak would be permitted . After some days ' consideration of the matter the authorities re- plied affirmatively . They pointed out ...
Page 77
... leave the town at once . Being able , thanks to his professional sta- tus , to pull some strings , he had secured an interview with a high official in the Prefect's office . He had explained that his presence in Oran was purely ...
... leave the town at once . Being able , thanks to his professional sta- tus , to pull some strings , he had secured an interview with a high official in the Prefect's office . He had explained that his presence in Oran was purely ...
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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