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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... realized ) pre- monitory signs of the grave events we are to chronicle . To some , these events will seem quite natural ; to others , all but incredible . But , obviously , a narrator cannot take account of these differences of outlook ...
... realized ) pre- monitory signs of the grave events we are to chronicle . To some , these events will seem quite natural ; to others , all but incredible . But , obviously , a narrator cannot take account of these differences of outlook ...
Page 119
... realized it must be quite late , eleven perhaps . All was silence in the town , except for some vague rustlings . An ambulance bell clanged faintly in the distance . They stepped into the car and Rieux started the engine . " You must ...
... realized it must be quite late , eleven perhaps . All was silence in the town , except for some vague rustlings . An ambulance bell clanged faintly in the distance . They stepped into the car and Rieux started the engine . " You must ...
Page 143
... realized that the restaurant was quite empty and the waitress was eying him curiously . He paid , went out , and , noticing that a café across the street was open , settled down there at a place from which he could keep an eye on the ...
... realized that the restaurant was quite empty and the waitress was eying him curiously . He paid , went out , and , noticing that a café across the street was open , settled down there at a place from which he could keep an eye on the ...
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