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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Albert Camus. Perhaps the easiest way of making a town's acquaintance is to ascertain how the people in it work , how they love , and how they die . In our little town ( is this , one wonders , an effect of the climate ? ) all three are ...
Albert Camus. Perhaps the easiest way of making a town's acquaintance is to ascertain how the people in it work , how they love , and how they die . In our little town ( is this , one wonders , an effect of the climate ? ) all three are ...
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... town is the difficulty one may experience there in dying . " Difficulty , " perhaps , is not the right word ... town is like . However , we must not exag- gerate . Really , all that was to be conveyed was the banality of the town's ...
... town is the difficulty one may experience there in dying . " Difficulty , " perhaps , is not the right word ... town is like . However , we must not exag- gerate . Really , all that was to be conveyed was the banality of the town's ...
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... town . " Do you know Monsieur Rigaud , the architect ? He's a friend of mine . " The room was in almost complete darkness . Outside , the street was growing noiser and a sort of murmur of relief greeted the moment when all the street ...
... town . " Do you know Monsieur Rigaud , the architect ? He's a friend of mine . " The room was in almost complete darkness . Outside , the street was growing noiser and a sort of murmur of relief greeted the moment when all the street ...
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