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 77
... 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 accidental , he had no con ...
... 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 accidental , he had no con ...
Page 256
... Once more it was out to darken counsel . Tarrou struggled without moving . Not once in the course of the night did he counter the enemy's attacks by restless agitation ; only with all his stolid bulk , with silence , did he carry on the ...
... Once more it was out to darken counsel . Tarrou struggled without moving . Not once in the course of the night did he counter the enemy's attacks by restless agitation ; only with all his stolid bulk , with silence , did he carry on the ...
Page 265
... once the brakes went on and the train was entering the station . For the sensation , confused perhaps , but none the less poignant for that , of all those days and weeks and months of life lost to their love made them vaguely feel they ...
... once the brakes went on and the train was entering the station . For the sensation , confused perhaps , but none the less poignant for that , of all those days and weeks and months of life lost to their love made them vaguely feel they ...
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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