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 94
... seemed to see , the man beside him making as if to take off his hat with a sweeping gesture , bringing his hand to his head , then holding his arm out straight in front of him . That queer whistling overhead seemed to gather force ...
... seemed to see , the man beside him making as if to take off his hat with a sweeping gesture , bringing his hand to his head , then holding his arm out straight in front of him . That queer whistling overhead seemed to gather force ...
Page 155
... seemed to have some effect on the populace was the estab- lishment of a curfew hour . From eleven onwards , plunged in complete darkness , Oran seemed a huge necropolis . On moonlight nights the long , straight streets and dirty white ...
... seemed to have some effect on the populace was the estab- lishment of a curfew hour . From eleven onwards , plunged in complete darkness , Oran seemed a huge necropolis . On moonlight nights the long , straight streets and dirty white ...
Page 243
... seemed to be leaving as unac- countably as it had come . Our strategy had not changed , but whereas yesterday it had obviously failed , today it seemed triumphant . Indeed , one's chief impression was that the epi- demic had called a ...
... seemed to be leaving as unac- countably as it had come . Our strategy had not changed , but whereas yesterday it had obviously failed , today it seemed triumphant . Indeed , one's chief impression was that the epi- demic had called a ...
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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