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 188
... turning his head , that if Rambert wished to take a share in other people's unhappiness , he'd have no time left for ... turned toward him , raising himself with an effort from the cushion . " Forgive me , Rambert , only - well , I ...
... turning his head , that if Rambert wished to take a share in other people's unhappiness , he'd have no time left for ... turned toward him , raising himself with an effort from the cushion . " Forgive me , Rambert , only - well , I ...
Page 230
Albert Camus. ments , which very nearly turned my head , and turned other people's heads enough to make them approve of murder ; and I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain , clean - cut language ...
Albert Camus. ments , which very nearly turned my head , and turned other people's heads enough to make them approve of murder ; and I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain , clean - cut language ...
Page 263
... turned and looked at her almost as if she were a stranger . " The telegram ? " " Yes , " he said , " that's it . A week ago . " Mme Rieux turned her face toward the window . Rieux kept silent for a while . Then he told his mother not to ...
... turned and looked at her almost as if she were a stranger . " The telegram ? " " Yes , " he said , " that's it . A week ago . " Mme Rieux turned her face toward the window . Rieux kept silent for a while . Then he told his mother not to ...
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