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 108
... took the first train back . To Tarrou , who had shown surprise at the secluded life he led , he had given the following explanation , more or less . According to religion , the first half of a man's life is an up- grade ; the second ...
... took the first train back . To Tarrou , who had shown surprise at the secluded life he led , he had given the following explanation , more or less . According to religion , the first half of a man's life is an up- grade ; the second ...
Page 186
... took Rambert into a small room , all the wall space of which was occupied by cup- boards . Opening one of these , he took from a sterilizer two masks of cotton - wool enclosed in muslin , handed one to Rambert , and told him to ' put it ...
... took Rambert into a small room , all the wall space of which was occupied by cup- boards . Opening one of these , he took from a sterilizer two masks of cotton - wool enclosed in muslin , handed one to Rambert , and told him to ' put it ...
Page 244
... took place at the very moment when the statistics were most encouraging . This took the authorities by surprise , and , apparently , the sentries too — since most of the " escapists " brought it off . But , looking into it , one saw ...
... took place at the very moment when the statistics were most encouraging . This took the authorities by surprise , and , apparently , the sentries too — since most of the " escapists " brought it off . But , looking into it , one saw ...
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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