An edition of La Peste (1942)

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

Ciuma

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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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Publisher
Polirom
Language
Romanian
Pages
293

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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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Edition Availability
Cover of: Ciuma
Ciuma
2018, Polirom
Paperback in Romanian
Cover of: La peste
La peste
1992, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1972, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
/1970, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
1968, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The Plague
The Plague
/1967, Modern Library
in English
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: 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

Published in
Iași, Romania
Copyright Date
2018
Translation Of
OL1230715W
Translated From
French

Contributors

Translator
Eta Wexler
Translator
Marin Preda

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
293
Dimensions
19.9 x 13.1 x 1.4 centimeters
Weight
293 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL51172465M
ISBN 13
9789734671694

First Sentence

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

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