An edition of La Peste (1942)

The plague

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

The plague

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.89 ·
  • 18 Ratings
  • 449 Want to read
  • 38 Currently reading
  • 37 Have read

Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran.

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Language
English
Pages
278

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Subjects
Fiction, Plague, Plague in literature, Epidemics, Peste bubónica, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Literary, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Medicine in Literature, French fiction, Psychological, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, medical, France, fiction, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Romance literature, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, classics, Determination (Personality trait), Peste, Romans, nouvelles, Romance Frances, Novela
Places
Oran (Algeria), Algeria
Times
1940s

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Cover of: La peste
La peste
1992, Gallimard
in French
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Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1972, Vintage Books
in English
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The Plague
/1970, Penguin Books
in English
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The Plague
1968, Penguin Books
in English
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The Plague
/1967, Modern Library
in English
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Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1966, Penguin Books in association with Hamish Hamilton
in English
Cover of: Die Pest
Die Pest
1960, Karl Rauch Verlag
in German
Cover of: The plague
The plague
1958
in English
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Cover of: La peste.
La peste.
1957, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1948, Modern Library
in English
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1947, The Modern Library
in English

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ2605.A3734 P413 1958

The Physical Object

Pagination
v, 278 pages
Number of pages
278

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28024597M
Internet Archive
plague0000unse_m0b8
OCLC/WorldCat
951235891

First Sentence

"The unusual events described in this chronicle occurred in 194-at Oran."

Work Description

The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace.

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