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 71
... week . In this , too , the reaction of the public was slower than might have been expected . Thus the bare statement that three hundred and two deaths had taken place in the third week of plague failed to strike their imagination . For ...
... week . In this , too , the reaction of the public was slower than might have been expected . Thus the bare statement that three hundred and two deaths had taken place in the third week of plague failed to strike their imagination . For ...
Page 170
... week's total of plague deaths , and he could not even have said if the figure was rising or falling . And meanwhile , in spite of everything , he had not lost hope of being able to " make his get - away " from one day to an- other . As ...
... week's total of plague deaths , and he could not even have said if the figure was rising or falling . And meanwhile , in spite of everything , he had not lost hope of being able to " make his get - away " from one day to an- other . As ...
Page 182
... week . It turned out that he had a fortnight to wait , as the peri- ods of guard duty were extended to two weeks , to reduce the number of shifts . During that fortnight Rambert worked indefatigably , giving every ounce of himself ...
... week . It turned out that he had a fortnight to wait , as the peri- ods of guard duty were extended to two weeks , to reduce the number of shifts . During that fortnight Rambert worked indefatigably , giving every ounce of himself ...
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