An edition of La Peste (1942)

The plague

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

The plague

1st Vintage international ed.

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.89 ·
  • 18 Ratings
  • 439 Want to read
  • 38 Currently reading
  • 36 Have read

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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Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
308

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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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The plague
1991, Vintage Books
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The Plague
1972, Vintage Books
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The Plague
/1970, Penguin Books
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The Plague
1968, Penguin Books
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The Plague
/1967, Modern Library
in English
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The Plague
1966, Penguin Books in association with Hamish Hamilton
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Cover of: Die Pest
Die Pest
1960, Karl Rauch Verlag
in German
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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Edition Notes

Translation of: La peste.

Series
Vintage international

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
843/.914
Library of Congress
PQ2605.A3734 P413 1991, PQ2605.A3734P413, PQ2605.A3734 P413 1991eb, PQ2605.A3734 P413 1948, PZ3.C1574 Pl

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Pagination
308 p. ;
Number of pages
308

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1888950M
Internet Archive
plague00camu_0
ISBN 10
0679720219
LCCN
90050477, 48007625
OCLC/WorldCat
827224736
Library Thing
2147
Goodreads
11989

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

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