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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... round of visits he drove home . " There's a telegram for you , sir , upstairs , " M. Michel in- formed him . The doctor asked him if he'd seen any more rats . " No , " the concierge replied , " there ain't been any more . I'm keeping a ...
... round of visits he drove home . " There's a telegram for you , sir , upstairs , " M. Michel in- formed him . The doctor asked him if he'd seen any more rats . " No , " the concierge replied , " there ain't been any more . I'm keeping a ...
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... round ? " " I can't explain it . It certainly is queer , but it'll pass . " Then hurriedly he begged her to forgive him ; he felt he should have looked after her better , he'd been most remiss . When she shook her head , as if to make ...
... round ? " " I can't explain it . It certainly is queer , but it'll pass . " Then hurriedly he begged her to forgive him ; he felt he should have looked after her better , he'd been most remiss . When she shook her head , as if to make ...
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... round of offices , taken every step that could be taken , and realized that for the present all avenues of that kind were closed to him . So now he drifted aimlessly from café to café . In the mornings he would sit on the terrace of one ...
... round of offices , taken every step that could be taken , and realized that for the present all avenues of that kind were closed to him . So now he drifted aimlessly from café to café . In the mornings he would sit on the terrace of one ...
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