The PlagueChaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran. |
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Page 42
... Rieux's mother. He discerns a powerful gleam in her, a mys- terious light whose goodness he recognizes but whose source he can't quite place: Tarrou particularly concentrates on the way Mme Rieux withdrew; the way she had of expressing ...
... Rieux's mother. He discerns a powerful gleam in her, a mys- terious light whose goodness he recognizes but whose source he can't quite place: Tarrou particularly concentrates on the way Mme Rieux withdrew; the way she had of expressing ...
Page 252
... Rieux and Rambert ( two of the three major protagonists of the novel ) , like Walsingham , find themselves separated ... Mme Rieux's " self - effacement " and " kindness " and stresses that , " dim and silent though she was , she quailed ...
... Rieux and Rambert ( two of the three major protagonists of the novel ) , like Walsingham , find themselves separated ... Mme Rieux's " self - effacement " and " kindness " and stresses that , " dim and silent though she was , she quailed ...
Page 308
... Rieux bending close to him . " Drink , " he said . The other man drank and let his head fall back . " It's slow ... Mme Rieux entered the room . The doc- tor went back to his office to telephone the hospital and notify his replacement ...
... Rieux bending close to him . " Drink , " he said . The other man drank and let his head fall back . " It's slow ... Mme Rieux entered the room . The doc- tor went back to his office to telephone the hospital and notify his replacement ...
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