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 97
... sound of hurried footsteps came again . Rieux was already halfway down the stairs , and when he stepped out into the street two men brushed past him . They seemed to be on their way to one of the town gates . In fact , what with the ...
... sound of hurried footsteps came again . Rieux was already halfway down the stairs , and when he stepped out into the street two men brushed past him . They seemed to be on their way to one of the town gates . In fact , what with the ...
Page 168
... sound that rose toward the terraces still bathed in the last glow of daylight , now that the noises of vehicles and motors -the sole voice of cities in ordinary times - had ceased , was but one vast rumor of low voices and incessant ...
... sound that rose toward the terraces still bathed in the last glow of daylight , now that the noises of vehicles and motors -the sole voice of cities in ordinary times - had ceased , was but one vast rumor of low voices and incessant ...
Page 230
... sound like a gunshot . Then silence fell again . Rieux counted two flashes of the revolving light . The breeze freshened and a gust coming from the sea filled the air for a moment with the smell of brine . And at the same time they ...
... sound like a gunshot . Then silence fell again . Rieux counted two flashes of the revolving light . The breeze freshened and a gust coming from the sea filled the air for a moment with the smell of brine . And at the same time 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