An edition of La Peste (1942)

The Plague

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An edition of La Peste (1942)

The Plague

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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
Modern Library
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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Edition Availability
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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New York
Series
The Modern library of the world's best books [169]

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.C1574 Pl2

The Physical Object

Pagination
278 p.
Number of pages
278

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL5828083M
Internet Archive
plaguecamu00camu
LCCN
61016144
Library Thing
2147

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1230715W

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

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