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 66
... reason was this : when the most pessimistic had fixed it at , say , six months ; when they had drunk in advance the dregs of bitterness of those six black months , and painfully screwed up their courage to the sticking - place ...
... reason was this : when the most pessimistic had fixed it at , say , six months ; when they had drunk in advance the dregs of bitterness of those six black months , and painfully screwed up their courage to the sticking - place ...
Page 79
... reason . Oh , I know it's an absurd situation , but we're all involved in it , and we've got to accept it as it is . " " But I don't belong here . " " Unfortunately , from now on you'll belong here , like everybody else . " Rambert ...
... reason . Oh , I know it's an absurd situation , but we're all involved in it , and we've got to accept it as it is . " " But I don't belong here . " " Unfortunately , from now on you'll belong here , like everybody else . " Rambert ...
Page 118
... reason for giving up the struggle . " " No reason , I agree . Only , I now can picture what this plague must mean for you . " " Yes . A never ending defeat . " Tarrou stared at the doctor for a moment , then turned and tramped heavily ...
... reason for giving up the struggle . " " No reason , I agree . Only , I now can picture what this plague must mean for you . " " Yes . A never ending defeat . " Tarrou stared at the doctor for a moment , then turned and tramped heavily ...
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