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 14
... morning . When the rats had been collected , two municipal trucks were to take them to be burned in the town in- cinerator . But the situation worsened in the following days . There were more and more dead vermin in the streets , and ...
... morning . When the rats had been collected , two municipal trucks were to take them to be burned in the town in- cinerator . But the situation worsened in the following days . There were more and more dead vermin in the streets , and ...
Page 239
... morning he found his patient sitting up in bed , talking to Tarrou . His temperature was down to normal and there were no symptoms other than a generalized pros- tration . " Yes , doctor , " Grand said . “ I was overhasty . But I'll ...
... morning he found his patient sitting up in bed , talking to Tarrou . His temperature was down to normal and there were no symptoms other than a generalized pros- tration . " Yes , doctor , " Grand said . “ I was overhasty . But I'll ...
Page 263
... morning the news of his wife's death . He was in the surgery . His mother came in , almost running , and handed him a telegram ; then went back to the hall to give the telegraph - boy a tip . When she returned , her son was holding the ...
... morning the news of his wife's death . He was in the surgery . His mother came in , almost running , and handed him a telegram ; then went back to the hall to give the telegraph - boy a tip . When she returned , her son was holding the ...
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